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Cheers Pat.
TIA
Serge
A+ and MCP will prepare you for a workstation support or helpdesk type job.
If that's of any interest to you, sure. If not then the training certainly won't hurt your credentials but probably will not be relevant to you finding another software developer job.
What languages do you know? Perhaps it would be time better spent to do your own studying and get versed in another language.
-Colin
wonder if this is offered in NYC.
I would have to seriously look at a lane change.
Would be a drastic lane change from banking.
-Dave
-mike
On that note, anyone know of anyone looking for a 2000/AD administrator with two years of experience in N. Texas?
MCP = Microsoft Certified Professional, right? I think there are all kinds of sub-categories for those. IMO they are more useful. They will make you an expert in any given MS product. Well, supposedly.
By themselves, without a college diploma, they mean little. But combined they can be useful, especially the MCP.
Side note - I started at a Help Desk right out of college. Later, we interviewed candidates and the MCP and MCSE were given some attention. But they'll look at your degrees first.
-juice
Steve
We just hired two. One was an internal transfer actually, learning a new job... but we were looking!
Regarding the college diploma, they do help you get your foot in the door (very important in this market) and help command more salary but experience matters a lot more for getting the job. A LOT MORE. You can't learn in college what you need to know to be much of a sysadmin...
-Colin
Great chat, lots of folks, a couple of newbies. Someone is cross-shopping Soobs with an A4.
-juice
DaveM
-Brian
Steve
we took her with us this week when we went to b/f's mother's overnight .. she did great on the 2 hour trip in the car and was a great 'lady' while visiting ... his mother lost an aged westie last fall and told me she wished I'd find another one like this one for her!
Subaru related? .. well of course we took her in the OUTBACK!
Glad to hear the pup's doing well.
-juice
Greg
It turned out that she was starting to have contractions. She's still at 35 weeks so the doctors were concerned about a pre-term birth and sent her to the hostpial. After giving her medication to stop the contractions and about 5 hours of observation, they released her late last night.
She's been ordered complete bedrest for the next 4 days until she hits the 36 week mark. After that, if the contractions resume, they're going to let them take their course.
Ken
(getting anxious!)
Sorry to have missed the chat...was still unloading & recuperating from a fabulous spring skiing day - warm weather, cold snow, and I'm sore in a couple new places this morning!
Cheers!
Paul
Loosh I am well versed in the shortcomings of Hondas, IE. all the power being in the top end,it is not horsepower that gets you off the line as much as torque and the Sube has that in spades all through the rev band, wheras Honda's torque does not even register until about 3,000 RPMs.
It is all okay to say the S2000 has 240HP out of 4 cylinders but the RPMs are up in the stratosphere and it gets tiresome after a while to keep rowing the gears for performance.
Cheers Pat.
First impressions.
Much better off the line than Forester. Tested on several metered ramps. But at RPM lower that 3000 -- nothing special. The beast wakes up between 3000 and 4000.
Much noisier than Forester. Most of the noise comes from tires and wind, but engine and turbo add to that.
Handling is better than Forester, but I wouldn't say it's that much better. Maybe, because I'm running very firm tires on my Forester. Body lean is of course less noticeable in WRX, but somehow I was expecting it to give me more of the "on the rails" impression. I liked the "road feedback" in WRX: a very clear feeling of the rough road surface, w/o excessive harshness and jolts.
Breaks are wonderful, much better than on my Forester. WRX stops NOW.
Momo steering wheel -- nothing special if you ask me. In fact, it felt too thick for my hands. Probably not a problem for most male drivers ;-)
Interior. No thrills, but looks ok. I don't like YELLOW hands on gauges, I just don't like them, period. I did not feel too cramped in WRX, even coming from Forester, but I'm short.
Seats. Great. Wonderful. Comfortable. I am ready to bolt one out and take it to my cubicle.
Gadgets. A small boost gauge is fun to watch. I missed compass mirror that I have on my Forester. After making many turns, on Santa Clara streets, I felt I really needed to check which direction I'm going.
Misc. Side mirrors are too small, especially for the car that is designed to be passing others and jumping from lane to lane. I missed sunglasses holder that I have in Forester.
A very good car for a modestly aggressive driver, I think. Though no doubt 5MT should allow for much more aggressive driving.
In sum: Forester offers more space, utility and comfort (except for seats). WRX offers more driving fun, often at the expense of quietness and comfort. Did I say anything new here?
My personal choice would stay with Forester for now. I'll be VERY interested to test Forester XT when it comes. That might be just the ticket.
Bob
Just be "available". Let your boss and co-workers know. If you can, leave your job organized if you need to make a quick exit.
Heck, even I'm excited about it.
-juice
Greg
Anyway, good luck and best wishes to you and your wife through the rest of her pregnancy.
Len
-juice
We have gotten a couple of bites on employment, but nothing really solid. If I weren't the breadwinner, relocation might be possible, but then again, we just refinanced.
It makes me feel better to know that SOMEBODY is getting hired. Hopefully the economy will turn around before we run out of money/hope.
The other reason to do this besides 1>0 of course is that if you work hard and prove yourself, internal promotions can happen-- sometimes quickly-- like what my co-worker is benefitting from.
Unless of course child care costs more than he would make at a lower-end temp job, or some kind of similiar situation.
anyway, stepping down from the soapbox now...
-Colin
First was 3 weeks early, she's now 25 with 2 sons and pregnant with her third child!
Second was right on time, she's now 22 and has 2 sons
Third was about 10 days early and we were in the hospital 14 minutes before she made her arrival .. talk about "close calls" ... lol
(she's 20)
The medication and bedrest seem to be helping a lot. Hopefully, this will buy us the extra time the doctor wanted. Who knows -- I might be a dad this time next week!
juice: Actually, they weren't Braxton-Hicks. They were the real thing. Kana has been having Braxton-Hicks all through her pregnancy and what clued her in was that these felt "different".
Kate: Glad you got a hold of that WRX! Isn't it a blast? It's interesting how our impressions differ although we drive similar cars. In my case, I thought handling was more impressive than the power. Also braking was about the same -- I think my upgraded rotors have something to do with that. If you can, try the 5-speed WRX when you return the wagon and let me know what you think.
Ken
Car: (new to me) '97 Outback Ltd purchased ~3 weeks ago w/ 34,000 miles on it. Drove it from Anchorage to Boise.
Me:
Name: Steve (one of the top 3 "male" owner's names - sometimes heard by others as "Dave"). No "K" around anywhere.
Pets: Two (of course) cats.
Computer: Much prefer pc's but one cat is named Mac after Mr. Job's company. The other cat is Beemer, after the pc, not the bike.
Job: Hey, I'm a host here so that makes me sort of a techie, in a tangential kind of way.
Wine: yep, like it. Currently on a sirah kick.
Sports: Ski (on a board), mtn. bike & tennis (both only occasionally now), hike and camp and do the whitewater thing. Gardening is big around the ranchette too. Follow semi-pro & WCHA hockey a little now and then. Scott Gomez is my hero.
Type of driver: Rather fogieish now that I've hit my 5th decade. Guess that counts as "courteous."
Catalogs: None save the occasional REI flyer and the wife's seed catalogs.
What did I miss on the "list"? Oh, got through undergrad in 3 years, so guess that's an aberration.
Steve, Host
Cheers Pat.
:^))
The dark side of the force grows stronger here every day. I had to haul 16 cases of wine in the GT, the 4th time in 3 weeks. The GT sedan's interior is starting to take a beating; nothing bad, but more than a 4 year old car should have. My thoughts turn to WRX wagons more and more. But the higher tech, better torque set up of the Forester 2.5t sounds good also. I won't be able to afford it though, and I bet I would go wanting for better handling too. *shrug* nothing happens unless I make a bit more change.
Steve, Host
cusafr
good news.
-Colin
-Brian
Brian- true, true. I'm pretty sure I would yearn for better handling though. I think. The last Forester I drove handled pretty well- '00MY. But if I get the time to auto-x once and awhile I bet I'll be bummed. And as an "suv" it is certianly barred from participating in any track days I may eventually have time to get back into.
Boy SOA wants to get rid of the bugeye WRXs pretty bad right now.... *cough* NO NO NO must....resist....dark...side..........trying to refinance house....don't need...to think....about...cars...
When my first was born, I came home from working a graveyard shift and went to sleep. My wife woke me at 5am to say she'd been up for several hours with mild contractions. We went to the hospital, spent the next 11 hours there 'til she was born at 5pm.
It's an awesome experience! Praying that everything goes well for you and your wife, enjoy it!
Jim
I got back yesterday afternoon. Successful trip workwise, not too exciting except for being behind the wheel. Highlight was attending the first game of the Expos-Mets series on Friday night.
While I was away the snow/ice storm knocked down a big limb of the pine tree in our front yard. I just came back in from dealing with it, sawing it up and running all but the biggest stuff through the wood chipper.
I hope I can get to go to the NYC show Friday afternoon. I am beginning to think more seriously about buying a Forester XT (to make a 2 Subie household) and want to know more about it.
Gotta run and clean pine tar off my hands. More later...
Ed
I see the dark side grows stronger in you too. :-)
Have you driven a WRX wagon before? What were your impressions?
Would you consider waiting for the Legacy turbo?
BTW, have you heard of a wine brand called Charles Shaw? It's selling like hotcakes at our local Trader Joes for 1.99/bottle. People are walking out with cases of this stuff. I guess it beats getting jug wine.
Ken
Ken
Have only driven the sedan. Sat in a few wagons though.
Detailed the GT this weekend, so she's looking good. A gash in the front lip though....I hit, of all things, a firehose coupler on Pratt Street Friday. The ESPNzone was on fire and I got to that part of Pratt just as they ran the hoses across the street to the hydrants. Cars were swerving everywhere (5-0 hadn't got there yet) and the SUV ahead of me just passed over the thing. Well I had no time to react and hit it. About the size of a healthy Star Ruby grapefruit, it clobbered the lip and then lodged itself under the car and pulled about 3 feet of hose off the firetruck. Mayhem everywhere, they held the hose while I tried to back up. No dice. "Hell with it," says I and just yanked the car back, freeing the thing. I had to get out of the way. No apparent damage underneath, but for th lip. But it is unpainted grey plastic, so you really have to look to see it.
Lesson learned? Don't run over fire hose couplers with an STi v5 suspension and 16 cases of wine in the car at the same time. Michael Schumacher has more clearance.
Charles Shaw- it's just a brand, part of the massive Bronco Wine Group. Nothing special about it, but it's probably pretty decent for $2! There's a wine glut in CA (well, world wide really, but especially CA and OZ), and a big corp. like Bronco can survive taking a loss on the stuff just to clear the pipeline. They probably made a deal with TJ on price in exchange for a huge commitment on quantity. I'm sure it's a good value for the money....wow, $2. That's almost as cheap as Mad dog 20/20!
Bought the Impreza L beater on sat!
Now I just need to sell the 89 Integra I got from my boss!
-mike
I'm heading to SC tomorrow.
-Dennis
edit: Mike, looking forward to hearing about and seeing the progress on the L. :-)