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When I first get to a job, I observe others. I try to find out who is congregating with whom, and I also look at company calendars for employee events.
When I first get somewhere, I'll sign on to some of the events, like an employee pot luck or beer and pizza fridays or whatever if they're available - any sort of social event where mingling with other employees is expected. That takes some of the pressure off of approaching people.
Otherwise, I just sniff people out. Usually, I'm on a team with others, and I start there. Get into likes and dislikes. Ask people what music they like to code to, that sort of thing.
Also, if a boss sees you "fitting in", they're less likely to single you out.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Some offices do have a buddy system, where your buddy will make you easily acclimatise to the new surroundings. In fact, I was a buddy for a new employee, and helped him around the office.
With a boss, the best thing is to set the expectations straight in the beginning itself - like 'Can you please specify what all is expected out of me', or 'Can you please specify how I can contribute more to the office in the short and long terms'.
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Member 14169933 wrote: my boss thinks that I am just sitting around
- Do you have tasks assigned to you (bug fix, maintenance, new code, doc like specs and requirements...) ? If no, go see your boss for things to do.
- Are you progressing on those tasks, Do you keep time in an official manner (online , offline) ? so you have issue trackers (for example, jira)
- Are you reporting your progress to anyone, have you shown your boss what you do ? do you commit code, do you demo what you are working on ?
I'd rather be phishing!
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Maybe I port mono for campaign (9)
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Go on then, I'll throw in the solution.
'Tis promotion.
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Good man
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Congratulations to all involved: 19 years (I think) and still going strong!
Next year ... that'll be some celebration ...
Keep it up chaps and chapesses: you are all doing a great job , and we'd have nothing to do but work if it wasn't for you all.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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OriginalGriff wrote: 19 years
I've been here since almost the beginning - Time flies !
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OriginalGriff wrote: we'd have nothing to do but work if it wasn't for you all.
I'll hoist a to the second-best way of avoiding what our grandparents called "honest work"!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: to the second-best way of avoiding what our grandparents called "honest work"! I now am curious... which is the 1st one for you?
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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For me, it would be writing (code, specifications, etc.).
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I thought that would be consider part of the "honest work"
Another thing is to say, they are "meaningful work"
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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"Honest work" was the kind of work that got you sweaty and dirty. Farming or digging ditches was honest work. Office work was looked upon with suspicion.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Quote: Next year Yeah, if you mean 20 in 2020, then yeah that's one milestone. It's been great 5 years knowing you too!
Cheers and !
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Actually there are a lot of members who joined at exactly the same time back then. Purely because that’s when I turned on the member system because for the first year or so we had no membership system at all. Chaos and mayhem!
Ah, to think back to simpler times...
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: Chaos and mayhem!
1st rule of the fight club is...
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Hi All,
It seems from the top left it is 's birthday, or is the anniversary of his arrival on this Pale Blue Dot? How long has CP been around, I first found it many moons ago in First post Uni job looking for an accurate way of timing something with precision in VB6! . Some how I managed it...
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Member One signed up in July 2000, so I'd say CP has been around for 19 years now: Chris Maunder - Professional Profile[^]
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Happy birthday Bob, you look young as ever!
Became a member Fri 7 Jun 2002 as Old Timer and I feel old!
They call me different but the truth is they're all the same!
JaxCoder.com
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June 2002? JUNE?!
You n00b.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I am but a mere grasshopper!
They call me different but the truth is they're all the same!
JaxCoder.com
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Member since Wed 22 Jan 2003
(16 years, 9 months)
I am now the "Old Timer" - you can be the "Older Timer"!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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