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Hiryuu

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Posted on 03-27-09 06:35:03 PM Link | Quote
What do you do in yours on a daily basis? I only mention this out of the blue because I'm doing a write-up for my boss who will be in on Monday on what's going on, currently, I'm holding down this place solo for ten hours...thought I'd share a bit and then you can share yours and whatnot. Keep in mind I'm just passing the time and waiting for this stuff to get done while I do this:

"SICAM comps activated - algorithm deduced (possibly)" - Basically got a few of our new software comps up and activated. Had to call the programmers in another city on this one this morning for the code from the activation that's given. Unbeknownst to them, I figured out how to get the code...it's just a simple multiplication routine to get 8 digits. So secure.

"08-142's comp had a bad, loose platter on the drive, nothing was recoverable. Obtained a new drive and reloaded it with their project." - Had a call yesterday from a customer who had only sporadic use of their system. It would either lock up in the middle of their use or it would come up with 'no bootable disk' errors. Checked it out this morning, came in from Springfield, MO, and looked at it for 10 minutes and I knew something was up with the hard drive going into BIOS. Removed the drive, dropped a clone of our software on a new drive, did some fiddling with the drive when I shook it and noticed a bad rattle.

Heard some rotation that sounded wrong to begin with but I figured it was something else. Sure enough...bad drive. Very rare for Seagate to give me a drive that kicks the bucket within a month and a half. Most of them last for a long time...and it's the second in two years that has died on me within two months of time in hundreds we've sent out.

Next one: "Service 3's comp was a bad motherboard. Reinstalled XP on it." - Oh yea...one of our service tech's comps in another department went south. Wouldn't turn on when we finally got it and they had been giving a bunch of crap about how slow it was and the fact that Google Updater kept popping up. Changed out every single thing you can think of in this comp from yesterday and it eventually boiled down to a baked motherboard. Pulled the old one, put this one in. Booted it. Worked. Currently installing XP on one hard drive but will be doing it again on yet another hard drive on this system because of the different software we use that requires a separate boot and partition.

"5 eaton switches and small standoffs came in." - Parts. We get a lot of these. Have to constantly keep track of inventory because some come in within days and some within weeks...sometimes months if its our WAGO stuff from Germany.

"SICAM installation manual was updated - printed, see RB's dekstop." - Update to the software manual came out on Wednesday. Basically it was just a few minor things that got changed...but it was 45 pages of 8x11 that had to be printed out, 3-hole punched and sorted in a binder. Minor, really...but I needed it on that 08-142 plate I mentioned.

"Call from James, Stewards Steel about dual-monitor support. Informed him about PCI Express slot for second card - buy at computer store." - A rarity. We usually don't get calls about this...but these people in Sikeston, MO wanted a way to run two monitors off their system. It's an XP Pro comp with an Intel mobo/processor w/ onboard video, one slot. So how it works is they would need a card. Thankfully, that has a PCI Express slot...so they only need to buy a card, install the software and then plug the monitor in. Pretty simple.

"Bill Cooley called about graphics drivers. Showed him where to download them online." - Service tech called. These people are out on the road around the world constantly (in this case, Pensacola, FL). Basically, he didn't have the Intel motherboard disks that SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED with the machine upon install...so I had to wheel him over to Intel's site for the motherboard involved to have him get the drivers to install it.

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And that's it so far today...I do a lot more than this, usually, and there's a lot more things I do that I won't go into for thread space but...this is a slow day for me.

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Posted on 03-27-09 07:32:00 PM Link | Quote
I work at a Dollar General. I'm a cashier, and I also do the restocking and some of the cleaning. When the floors need to be mopped or the windows need to be washed, I'm usually a last resort, because frankly I'm terrible at it.

How can you be bad at that?!

My job's not too bad. I haven't had any issues of spectacular stupidity like I did working at a gas station (*phone rings* "Hi, do you sell gas?")...

On a normal evening shift, I run the register, and when no one's ready to check out, I straighten up things on the shelves. It's a very uneventful job, usually.



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Posted on 03-27-09 07:53:57 PM Link | Quote
Part-time waitress and catering. It's money, I guess...waited tables back north too but worked crazy hours and got paid loads under the table for it. Now, not so much. Eh, its money at least...

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Posted on 03-27-09 08:11:29 PM Link | Quote
I used work at a machine shop. I programmed, setup and ran CNCs, and setup and ran really old single spindle screw machines (I know that doesn't mean anything to anybody). I worked there for 5 years, but I never really got very good at it.

On the one hand I was good at working on the machines, I understood how they worked and how the tools cut, I could do quick setups and was a pretty good programmer. On the other hand I've always had major problems with attentiveness and details. There's little to no margin for error when you're working with a $500,000 machine making very expensive parts (with +/- 1/5000 of an inch tolerances on dimensions) with very low profit margins, missing or forgetting little details becomes very expensive. Hiring me to work there was a bit like hiring a bull to mind your china shop.

So I eventually quit that job and started a computer repair business. Business is sometimes slow (sometimes nonexistent), but I'm getting by. I don't make nearly as good of money, but I also don't dread getting out of bed every morning, so I think it's a pretty good trade off.

I was going to write more about that job, but this post is already pretty long, so I'll just leave it at that.

Hiryuu

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Posted on 03-27-09 08:21:34 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by emcee
I used work at a machine shop. I programmed, setup and ran CNCs...


Ah, you too? That's basically what I work on...except I build up the machine's central computer from the ground up in a CNC burning table with a waterbed. Only steel cutting, no wood, but it does a nice amount in little time. I somethetimes work on BADmachine beam drill lines and other some such...bunch of wiring and computer buildups involved on the burning tables. Usually takes three or four days to build the console up from the ground with all the electrical, mechanical and computing work involved. Although I can perform some of the basic setups for a machine, I can't really program them that much...though that's not to say I'm not getting better at that over time.

But yea, I'm one of the ones that build it up so that other companies who buy it can use it for their own manufacturing purposes...which, right now, is under massive fire because of the economy the way it is right now. If they can't afford our products because they can't produce...we don't get jobs and we lose hours and money (exactly what's happening to me now).

I will say, though, it's slightly starting to pick up.


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Posted on 03-27-09 08:50:35 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Nao
Originally posted by emcee
I used work at a machine shop. I programmed, setup and ran CNCs...


Ah, you too? That's basically what I work on...except I build up the machine's central computer from the ground up in a CNC burning table with a waterbed. Only steel cutting, no wood, but it does a nice amount in little time. I somethetimes work on BADmachine beam drill lines and other some such...bunch of wiring and computer buildups involved on the burning tables. Usually takes three or four days to build the console up from the ground with all the electrical, mechanical and computing work involved. Although I can perform some of the basic setups for a machine, I can't really program them that much...though that's not to say I'm not getting better at that over time.

But yea, I'm one of the ones that build it up so that other companies who buy it can use it for their own manufacturing purposes...which, right now, is under massive fire because of the economy the way it is right now. If they can't afford our products because they can't produce...we don't get jobs and we lose hours and money (exactly what's happening to me now).

I will say, though, it's slightly starting to pick up.


The shop I worked at was actually growing pretty good at the time I left (still only 10 employees last I knew, though). The CNCs I ran were Tsugami swiss lathes. Basically like a normal lathe, only the collet pushes the entire bar back and forth in a guide bushing, so the material moves into the tools rather than the other way around.

Programming them isn't too hard. It came with CAM software, but it was incredibly buggy and hard to use, it was actually easier to program the G Code by hand. Normally, I would just modify an existing program. Unlike normal computer programming, though, bugs often cause things to physically ram into each other.
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Posted on 03-28-09 12:16:34 AM Link | Quote
I walk dogs at an animal shelter. Feisty dogs.
I'm a volunteer so I don't get paid for it, but I don't mind. It's rewarding in its own way.
Plus they have the cutest cats and I get to play with them

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Posted on 03-28-09 01:00:24 AM (last edited by BlackNemesis13 at 03-27-09 10:03 PM) Link | Quote
I used to work in fast food at Arby's. I worked the backline, making the food away from all of the customers. I would also open the store, do all of the prep, and occasionally close the store. It wasn't bad, but I wanted better pay, and eventually I hated everyone working there. I was also really good at this job. Good enough to where they started to rely on me too much to do EVERYTHING to the point where I was constantly stressed out, so I quit.

Then I worked at Citigroup as a mailclerk/machine operator in the presort division. I could write a dissertation on how much that job sucked. It actually made Arby's sound like a dream job! For one thing, I had to work 3rd shift which I never liked, and that alone weighed on me after a while. Then, i never did know exactly what the hell I was supposed to be doing out there since no one is EVER trained. Then the moral corruption everywhere made me sick, management was retarded, people would randomly get fired over the dumbest shit, and in general, everyone is just treated like pure crap. There is absolutely no job security. Employees are constantly screwed over, lied to, manipulated, ripped off, and have unrealistic demands placed on them. Plus, the place isn't even safe. About once every 3 months someone would develop a staph infection, certain people out there stalked me to an extent, and most of the time, we were forced to fix the machines ourselves, which we are not trained to do, and is dangerous (especially when some dumb shit doesn't realize that you are fixing the machine and starts it up anyway, which happened like everyday.)

Anyway, that was just the tip of the iceburg, so I quit there and actually went back to Arbys. And what's scary is that I'm actually happy at Arbys now. It's by no means a career or anything, but it's good enough for now. I just got myself back in college too, and its a good job to have in order to support myself through it. My schedule there is a lot less stressful and more flexible now. It feels so good to actually be GOOD at my job again istead of dreading it every day, and I love working normal hours again. Plus, the people I couldn't stand there either had left, or after Citi, didn't bother me at all anymore. Plus I am actually respected out there instead of treated like dirt constantly. It actually feels more like a second home than a job. I guess that's pretty cool.


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Posted on 03-28-09 01:58:26 AM Link | Quote
I work at Fresh Harvest, which is a buffet style restaurant in a casino. The price to get in is anywhere from $15 to $29 per person, depending on the day and any specials. Fridays and Sundays we have to take care of the seafood. Make sure it's stocked up and we get to create our own seafood salad. The other days of the week we maintain the salad station, sandwiches, & prep for the area. Overall it's the pantry station of the place. I'm planning on learning as much as I can out of this place and to use it to my advantage.

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Posted on 03-28-09 06:55:14 PM Link | Quote

Shiny new layout!
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I've got a part-time job with a local company tutoring mathematics to high-schoolers. (So basically Algebra I to Calculus)

You'd be surprised how tough of a job it is. Not only do you have to remember what you have to teach them, but you also have to remember what they dont know yet. It pays well at $20 an hour though

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Posted on 03-29-09 12:01:24 AM Link | Quote



I'm only working part time, (school, obviously) but it's as a cashier at the local pharmacy.
Really. Fucking. Boring. Easy money, basically.

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Posted on 03-29-09 02:13:29 AM Link | Quote
Colin's guide on how to analyze credit card accounts for potential fraud:

- Look at account, look at charges on account.
- See if any charges match potential or ongoing fraud trends.
- Make sure there are no strange account changes that could create account takeover or identity theft concerns.
- See if the customer's travelled to certain states/countries in the past, or if they make charges at the same merchants in the past.
- Make sure that charges have correct expiry dates and CVV's.
- Call customer. If charges are valid, status as not fraud. If charges aren't valid, status as fraud, file a report and change the card number. If customer cannot verify charges or I'm unable to reach the customer, restrict the account and send a letter.

And I somehow have fun doing this with all my co-workers.

(You can read this article on Wikipedia as well on credit card fraud or ask me questions. )

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Posted on 03-30-09 03:13:26 PM Link | Quote
I'm unemployed!

My work currently consists of the following:

-Trawl job ads for something that looks remotely palatable and is useful to my skills (Eg, chemistry related or administration related)
-Send off a job application with attached resumé and cover letter
-Wait 2 weeks for a lack of response whilst twiddling thumbs
-Repeat the process again, this time with slightly less enthusiasm.
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Posted on 03-30-09 03:37:23 PM Link | Quote
I work at GNC (General Nutrition Center) as a sales associate.
I sell old people and workout fanatics and fat ladies who want to lose weight their supplements so they'll shut up and I never have to see them again. I hate just about everyone who walks in there, mainly because I have to interact with them to get their "lifestyle" in my head so I can recommend these slobs our premium products, and pray they buy them so our numbers stay up.
The store is dead most of the time, so I bring my laptop, sit in the back room and watch anime (or play the DS, or play something else) much of the day, so I guess I shouldn't complain.
But I want to. This job would be awesome if it weren't for the fucking customers.

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Posted on 03-30-09 04:14:58 PM Link | Quote
I work at a place called Cody's Original Roadhouse. It is basically a Florida chain of restaurants.

All I do is bus tables, really. In a place with only 46 tables, that leaves the bussers busy to make sure these people can get sat immediately. I generally make about $150 in tip share a week depending on how busy it is, so it is already better than when I was a busser at Red Lobster (I made barely $100 a week in a bigger place and that was hourly).

I wouldn't say it is boring more that it is tedious to do this every day, but then again money.

Plus it is hilarious at what the employees talk about because it makes me glad I am nothing like them.

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Posted on 03-30-09 04:19:45 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Satori Komeiji
I work at a place called Cody's Original Roadhouse. It is basically a Florida chain of restaurants.


Never heard of it. Must be a central/northern Florida chain.

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Posted on 03-30-09 05:10:16 PM Link | Quote
School. Sigh.

Aside from that, I'm eyeing Bernie's Pretzels. Local place, and the pretzels are absolutely godly.

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Posted on 03-30-09 05:13:08 PM Link | Quote
If I ever get a job that's not wrapped in NDAs, I'll be sure to tell you guys all about it.

As it stands now though... just pretend I'm James Bond, except with less explosions.

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Posted on 03-31-09 05:17:43 AM Link | Quote
Hey, I have a bunch of NDA's as well!

I can tell you what I do, I just can't tell you the specifics of programs I use, notes I make, special procedural rules, account codes/statuses, etc.

(And as a sidenote, apparently my boss got fired today. )

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Posted on 03-31-09 01:39:22 PM Link | Quote

Hm- when I "worked" (as in, did stuff but didn't get paid) at the State House, we were told that we couldn't disclose any communications with constituents, but they didn't actually make us sign anything. (Not that there was really much interesting)

That's really the closest thing to a job I've had... it was mostly pretty boring, writing letters of congratulation to various people from the newspaper. (Seriously, I was handed a copy of the local newspapers and told "find some people to congratulate") In retrospect, I should have had them send me a bunch of letters ("The Commonwealth of Massachusetts formally recognizes you as awesome")

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