Grumpy Old Man
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
When you get home from work and go to get a beer and some inconsiderate bastard has left the drinks fridge door open and the temperature reads “not fucking cold anymore”
Have a water. It tastes the same as asahi anyway
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End of year conversation with the boss yesterday. Some Senior managers - who I barely interact with - saw me having a grumpy day or two, so they wanted to give me an adverse performance review.
My boss said "no" to his credit, as the work I produce is top notch - which nobody disputes. But it came with a warning.
I've figured out I'm just a grumpy old man who has been at the same place for 17 years, and need a change. After all, the top notch work I'm producing to help them drive change is not being used by them to drive change, which is extremely frustrating.
Haven't touched my CV since 2015. Yeesh.
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@Duluth said in Grumpy Old Man:
@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
Haven't touched my CV since 2015. Yeesh.
I was thinking about that the other day.. I've never written one
I don't think I actually used it for the last job in 2017
that was an internal shift tho after I hit Long Service.It was updated in 2015 because I was sick of the performance appraisal bullshit nailing me on minor incidents. I call it "band camping" as in "This one time at band camp..."
Haven't actually had to look for work since before my teenage daughter was born.
I half-hooked with our digital partner company that the grass looked greener over there. They got serious and said "we'd love to have you".
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
It was updated in 2015 because I was sick of the performance appraisal bullshit nailing me on minor incidents. I call it "band camping" as in "This one time at band camp..."
I remember. You posted in some precursor of the GOM thread.
Definitely sounds like a change is overdue.
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@Duluth said in Grumpy Old Man:
@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
Haven't touched my CV since 2015. Yeesh.
I was thinking about that the other day.. I've never written one
Noice! Yeah last time I wrote one was in 2007 and it was for a job I'd already been invited to interview for. I can't even figure out LinkedIn.
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
When you get home from work and go to get a beer and some inconsiderate bastard has left the drinks fridge door open and the temperature reads “not fucking cold anymore”
If it really reads that, that is an awesome piece of human computer interaction!
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
End of year conversation with the boss yesterday. Some Senior managers - who I barely interact with - saw me having a grumpy day or two, so they wanted to give me an adverse performance review.
My boss said "no" to his credit, as the work I produce is top notch - which nobody disputes. But it came with a warning.
I've figured out I'm just a grumpy old man who has been at the same place for 17 years, and need a change. After all, the top notch work I'm producing to help them drive change is not being used by them to drive change, which is extremely frustrating.
Haven't touched my CV since 2015. Yeesh.
If you are that grumpy maybe you could move to being a software tester?
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@Bones LinkedIn is like Facebook, but less trolls
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Bones LinkedIn is like Facebook, but less trolls
not sure what your view of LinkedIn is like, but it seems to be turning into over hyped up self-marketing "Metaverse Dreamcaster" "GenAI early career pioneer" etc
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@nostrildamus said in Grumpy Old Man:
@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Bones LinkedIn is like Facebook, but less trolls
not sure what your view of LinkedIn is like, but it seems to be turning into over hyped up self-marketing "Metaverse Dreamcaster" "GenAI early career pioneer" etc
A guy I know has his description as "unwinder of thorny issues". Yuck.
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@Smudge said in Grumpy Old Man:
A guy I know has his description as "unwinder of thorny issues". Yuck.
Cool! I've got some problematic rose bushes..
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@nostrildamus well I only check in periodically and cos we were talking about it, I decided to see what up...
I have someone trying to sell me some onboarding process shit, obviously wanting me to try out the LI premium service along with re-posts of weeks old stories...
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
I have someone trying to sell me some onboarding process shit
How exciting!
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@nostrildamus yep, I read the first 2 lines of about, who knows how many lines, several paragraphs anyway.
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@Smudge said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nostrildamus said in Grumpy Old Man:
@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Bones LinkedIn is like Facebook, but less trolls
not sure what your view of LinkedIn is like, but it seems to be turning into over hyped up self-marketing "Metaverse Dreamcaster" "GenAI early career pioneer" etc
A guy I know has his description as "unwinder of thorny issues". Yuck.
I joke my last role title should ahve been 'professional coffee drinker' mixed with 'firefighter'
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less "Grumpy Old Man" and more probably sad/out of touch old man, but, has the internet, and the ability to access everything, everywhere, all at once, robbed kids of the excitement of a new "scene"?
I watched an (admittedly poor) documentary on the rise and fall of the Seattle and Grunge bubble last night. Brought back huge memories of those days as a 15/16 year old discovering all these bands, watching literally everyone get a copy of Nevermind/Ten (while the cool kids like me had Badmotorfinger and Facelift). Flannel. Docs. It was new and exciting and most importantly, shared.
I consider myself lucky to have seen 3 distinct (possibly 4 if you count Nu Metal) musical/cultural movements emerge, Grunge, the rise of Hip Hop and Hip Hop culture, and at the end of the 90s (in NZ anyway) the emergence of DJ culture, and house/trance/dance music.
I guess my question is, do these things happen any more? Is there just so much fucking content, and the ability to access it so easily, that there is no chance of it happening any more, and the shared experience is dead? I have kids of the right age, but i do not see it there. My eldest listens to modern hip hop, absolutely loves it. But nothing these guys are doing is new in any way. And there is no extended culture around it.
Has music been over taken as the main social driver by, say tik tok? And is this totally fine and i am just a sad old Gen X-er reminiscing about a youth lost? Or are our youth missing a possibly important social phenomenon that genuinely connects them to others at a crucial time?
