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From: zen cycle <funkmasterxx@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Job Offer
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 06:23:17 -0400
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On 3/14/2025 9:09 PM, John B. wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 16:15:25 -0400, Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 3/14/2025 3:47 PM, cyclintom wrote:
>>> On Fri Mar 14 15:31:53 2025 Zen Cycle  wrote:
>>>> On 3/14/2025 3:06 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>>>> On 3/14/2025 12:19 PM, cyclintom wrote:
>>>>>> I guess due to my comments here and elszwhere I seem to have arroused
>>>>>> the curiosity of a CEO who is interested in jnterviewing me for a
>>>>>> position. if hired that would end mowt orf my posting since unlike Flunky
>>>>> I'll believe it when I see really good evidence.
>>>>>
>>>>> But until then: If you actually communicate with the company by email,
>>>>> etc. PLEASE slow down, try harder to hit the proper keys on your
>>>>> keyboard, use spellcheck and have someone else proofread everything
>>>>> before you send it.
>>>>>
>>>>> If my department hiring committee were looking for a full time
>>>>> professor, or if I were hiring a part timer, we'd reject anyone whose
>>>>> communications included words like "elszwhere" or "arroused" or
>>>>> "jnterviewing" OR "mowt orf."
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We've had this discussion before. Tommy doesn't think spelling or
>>>> grammar are of any considerable value when job hunting.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> And Flunky doesn't believe that working is part of a job.
>>
>> My management disagrees with you.
>>
>>> Instead he thinks that he can get away with BSing us about 200 mile rides.
>>
>> Never happened. You made something up, doubled down, and refused to
>> admit you were wrong. Nope, I never wrote, insinuated, made any
>> suggestion, posted any reference or link that would support your claim
>> that I was capable of such a feat. If you still think I did, post a
>> reference that you think supports your claim. It's entirely a figment of
>> your imagination. You looked at something that you thought was a 200
>> mile ride on my strava profile, then saw something that said I
>> maintained a 20 MPH average (which I've done frequently), and your
>> imagination did the rest.
>>
>>> My younger brother finished half way back in the Sea Otter field Cat 4 when he was 50.
>>
>> Sounds like your brother should have trained more.
>>
>>> Flunky tells us he races in his 60's.
>>
>> yes, and?
>>
>>> He also tells us that he works but magically is able to answer comments within seconds after they are written.
>>
>> No magic involved. It's part of being a productive engineering
>> professional. Today I took a 90 minute lunch with my project manager and
>> firmware engineer at a local restaurant. We all had a beer. We do this
>> almost every friday. We talked about about technical issues on various
>> projects, but also chatted about non-work personal experiences. Our boss
>> has joined us on several occasions for these lunches. We can do these
>> things because we're good at our jobs, completing tasks within timelines
>> and budgets.
>>
>> This isn't unusual, I've done the same at every job I've had since 1984.
>> (In fact, at one job I had in the early 2000's we would go to Hooters
>> every friday and get a pitcher). If you were competent at your jobs, you
>> wold have enjoyed the same freedoms and perks. It's obvious you weren't.
> 
> Just out of curiosity, what does a "productive engineer" do?

Quick mental exercise

take the term "productive xxxxx" where "xxxxx" is any profession you 
wish, then consider what a person in that profession would need to do in 
order to qualify as "productive".

I'm really getting tired of doing homework for you, tommy, and the dumbass.