Job History

I was going through a bunch of college papers and such the other day and stumbled across an old resume that I put together for my college writing class. Given my current work situation, it was interesting to see that my last break in work was 20 years ago. I wanted to capture this info for posterity.

06/93 - 09/93	Ruff-Tuff Data Products	Delivery Driver
09/94 - 02/95	Cinemark Theaters	Concessionist/Ticket Sales
10/94 - 02/95	Identity Properties	Front Desk Clerk
10/95 - 02/96	Equifax	Authorization Agent
02/96 - 07/01	University of Utah-DCE	Receptionist/Front Desk/Lab Tech
07/01 - 01/07	Myriad Genetics	Programmer I/II/III
01/07 - 01/15	Partnet	Senior Software Developer

Gung Ho

Watched this movie this past week at Movie Night.

Side note: Movie Night is this great thing we've been doing with 2 of our couple friends so they're 6 of us in total.  On a biweekly basis, we rotate from house to house each couple taking a turn a picking a movie.  We start after the kids are in bed.  I couldn't tell you the original criteria for the movies we watch and it really doesn't matter since it's now down to whatever the host wants to show.  Anyhoo... lots of fun and we've seen a number of movies we wouldn't normally see.  Additionally, it's allowed us (Jo and me) to watch more movies than we normally would have.  These days, we rarely see anything that isn't animated.

So, Gung Ho.  It's been a number of years since I had seen this show, and it's held up rather well I must say.  Funnier now that I'm old enough to get more of the adult humor, and still applicable for the times.  Keaton is great in it and Gedde Watanabe is great too.

The Gervais Principle

Jeff, a friend on mine, pointed me to a blog post today (The Gervais Principle) and suggested that I read it.  It's actually a series of posts and I've only read the first one.  I've added the others to my reading list.  Some of the quotes that I thoroughly enjoyed.

So why is promoting over-performing Losers logical? The simple reason is that if you over-perform at the Loser level, it is clear that you are an idiot. You’ve already made a bad bargain, and now you’re delivering more value than you need to, making your bargain even worse.  

He knows his under-performance is not sustainable, but he has no intention of becoming a lifetime-Loser employee anyway. He takes the calculated risk that he’ll find a way up before he is fired for incompetence.

He is oblivious to the fact that the Sociopaths use Powertalk as a coded language with which to simultaneously sustain the (necessary) delusions of the Clueless and communicate with each other.

I'll post a bit more (or intend to) as I dive into the others.