The General Chat Thread (2016-2022)

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caseydog said:
Congrats! I hope the promotion came with a big, fat pay increase. If I ever come to visit you, I expect to be fed only the finest food. :smug:

CD
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I'd always offer my guests the best food I can manage!
The pay increase was modest, but the title change was worth more: I've moved up from Business Analyst to Project Manager. It will look good on the resumé
 
Morning Glory said:
Well done! May I be so bold as to ask your line of work? I mean what sort of thing will you be project managing?
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To be honest, I've been doing the work without the official title (IT Project Manager) for a while now. Although it has been mostly implementation of new network and communication technology, I also specialize in training and writing user manuals. Jack of all trades, master of none in particular :roflmao:
 
FowlersFreeTime said:
To be honest, I've been doing the work without the official title (IT Project Manager) for a while now. Although it has been mostly implementation of new network and communication technology, I also specialize in training and writing user manuals. Jack of all trades, master of none in particular :roflmao:
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You and Tasty should get together and trade stories that would put non-IT people to sleep. :laugh:

CD
 
caseydog said:
You and Tasty should get together and trade stories that would put non-IT people to sleep. :laugh:

CD
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That used to be a problem for me when I got involved with projects I didn't understand... as the techno-babble flowed and I zoned out, I would fall asleep! Thank god this hasn't happened in quite some time :oops:
 
FowlersFreeTime said:
To be honest, I've been doing the work without the official title (IT Project Manager) for a while now. Although it has been mostly implementation of new network and communication technology, I also specialize in training and writing user manuals. Jack of all trades, master of none in particular :roflmao:
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I'm an HR Program Manager for an IT company, we're almost colleagues 😀
 
FowlersFreeTime said:
That used to be a problem for me when I got involved with projects I didn't understand... as the techno-babble flowed and I zoned out, I would fall asleep! Thank god this hasn't happened in quite some time :oops:
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Back in the late 80s, early 90s, I was a Marketing Director for an accounting software company. I had a college degree in art. I constantly had meetings with the programmers where I had to say, "Tell me what that means to potential customers who are NOT programmers!"

The only thing I had in common with those people was that we both liked to drink beer. We would butt heads all day long, and then go drink beer and have a great time. :cheers:

CD
 
LissaC said:
I love working with the IT crowd :D (pun intended!) I'm always learning new stuff from them. And I love feeling like I'm not the smartest person in the room. And the people are usually well educated and smart. I really enjoy it.
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Oh, I got along great with the programmers and IT people (mostly guys back then). We went to lunch together, they came to my parties, and I took a few of them out on my boat. There was no animosity, we would regularly insult each other, and laugh about it. To me, they were a bunch of nerds with no grasp on reality. To them, I was a guy who got a college degree in art. But, we got to know each other, and respect each other. As a bonus, we drank a lot of beer and had fun together.

CD
 
caseydog said:
Oh, I got along great with the programmers and IT people (mostly guys back then). We went to lunch together, they came to my parties, and I took a few of them out on my boat. There was no animosity, we would regularly insult each other, and laugh about it. To me, they were a bunch of nerds with no grasp on reality. To them, I was a guy who got a college degree in art. But, we got to know each other, and respect each other. As a bonus, we drank a lot of beer and had fun together.

CD
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It's still mostly guys, but I get along fine with them and they're always respectful around me. I like the nerdiness, I end up learning a lot of stuff 😀
 
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