Wednesday, October 23, 2024

[Zephyrus52246]

Morning all.

Had my meeting with the surgeon and my pre op stuff done yesterday.  I told my wife it's sad when you're at the appointment to get a text that you have a PT appointment tomorrow and another that your bill for some other medical appointment is due.   

I have the aforementioned PT this morning and then a haircut at noon.  Told the schedulers we have to work around the barber's times, as he's harder to get into than they are.

Happy Hump Day!

Jeff

[Onewolf]

Mornin'

Yet another regular work day.  Hopefully I have several more years of regular work days, but the company I work for is being acquired and we are supposed to find out if we will still have jobs with the new company within about 30 days.  Having to find a new job in software development at 61 years old is not very appealing.

I rebuilt the benchwork 'work' table to make the support legs more robust/sturdy relative to the previous sawhorse/tripod legs.

Doug

[jerryrbeach]

Good morning.

I'm back inside for a few minutes, still working on cleaning up outside.  I've been pruning trees, etc., and I'll have a couple big bucket loads to take to my brush pile in the woods. 

Doug, I hear you loud and clear.  The company I worked for lost the contract for the location where I worked as the logistics manager when I was a similar age.  Job hunting in your sixties is not ideal to say the least.  Fortunately I landed on my feet, though for a lesser salary than I had been making.  

I hope everyone has a great day!

[MartyO]

Good morning,

The clouds have finally arrived, lawnmowers are humming and the railroad clock is working.

Doug, I got the opportunity to seek employment growth when I was 55 years old and got 5 interviews after 100's on applications. It is tough fighting against ageism. Best of luck.

[ReadingBob]

Morning all,

Best wishes to you, Dr. Jeff, on your ongoing medical saga.  I hope you can put it behind you in short order.

Best of luck to you Doug. As far as acquisitions and jobs go, I guess I got very lucky over the course of my career.  I left one bank (after 11 years of employment) shortly after it was acquired and went to work for a smaller bank.  I was at that bank for 10 years and figured out that they were about to sell the bank and I'd, most likely, be out of a job.  I started job hunting before that happened and found a job with company whose software we were using.  That necessitated a move to Florida, but it beat being unemployed.  I was with that company (it actually changed hand several times) for 24 years before I retired.  Each time I left one job on a Friday and started the next job the following Monday.  No breaks in between.

Think I'll spend time at the workbench later. Retirement is great!

Have a great one!  

[deemery]

Sorry to hear about people looking for new jobs.  I know when I got laid off (for the first and only time), I decided "bleep it, I quit!"  Fortunately, I was in a position to retire. 

Software development is particularly nasty for the implicit belief by managers that experience does not count, it's only whether you know the latest buzzword fad.  Part of that, of course, is our collective failure to have any good way to measure individual or team productivity, particularly with respect to quality.  (On one job, I wrote a particularly complex piece of code and when I left that project, I told my successor "This comes with a warranty.  If you have a problem, call and I'll work to fix it."  She never called, and I did contact her a couple years later, "Any problems?"  "No."  )

And a trend I saw on government contracts was when the award basis was "lowest cost technically acceptable", the new low bidder would go back to the existing workforce and offer them their current jobs at a lower pay rate.  A technical service contract awarded on that basis would generally get bottom-feeders, unmotivated experienced staff, and new people with no relevant experience who would leave after a year or two to get better paying jobs elsewhere. 

dave

[tom.boyd.125]

 Well it's a late start today...Jeff, good luck with your medical issue, Doug, good luck with your work issue, myself my job went from Chicago to Dallas after 14 years with the bank after Y2K, since I was 52 at the time decided to transfer with work until age 62 since I was salaried and working 60 hour weeks...retired over a decade ago and do not regret it. Candy shop helps cash flow income between the SS and the pension checks to get by. Been a busy week downstairs at the bench too, will update my thread again shortly.....Tommy

[GPdemayo]

Afternoon all.....