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imi wrote:Guess who now works in the UK experian IT department. Career change alert!
imi wrote:boffo?
BiffStroganoffsky wrote:It was part of your inclusive backup/redundancy plan.?.
Krogoth wrote:Care to enlightenment me?
Captain Ned wrote:imi wrote:Guess who now works in the UK experian IT department. Career change alert!
It's our Saint Imi returned after so long!!!
Boffo on the job.
lilbuddhaman wrote:random question: I've been a pc builder, hobbyist, tinkerer since I was 8 years old. I decided at a young age that I didn't want to do "IT", so I never went after any "formal" training in the field (have a BS in Biology). I have found that extremely well versed in a multitude of software/hardware scenarios, can "learn" a new software thrown at me very quickly, and just "get" computer related activities naturally.....BUT I am terrible with the "book" definition/vocabulary of these things, as well as not having X, Y or Z certification/piece of paper.
Anyways, how do you guys word/describe on a resume / during an interview that kind of experience, especially without it sounding like I'm just some yahoo that is trying to thicken his qualifications section?
idchafee wrote:All right, give me a hand here.
Each year, 75% of the teams make the playoffs
The past 7 years, this team has not made the playoffs once
What are the odds of that happening?
just brew it! wrote:This is where the NFL's genius shows. The draft rewards the teams that miss the playoffs with the first shot at the best available new talent the next year. The schedule strength rewards the bad teams with an easier schedule the next year. The salary cap and revenue sharing ensure that the bad teams have the financial resources to compete with the good ones.There's probably a pretty high correlation between sucking one year, and sucking again the next. So it's not a purely random process.
This is where the NFL's genius shows. The draft rewards the teams that miss the playoffs with the first shot at the best available new talent the next year. The schedule strength rewards the bad teams with an easier schedule the next year. The salary cap and revenue sharing ensure that the bad teams have the financial resources to compete with the good ones.
idchafee wrote:I was talking about the Chicago Sky, our local WNBA team. And before you go all LOL on me for following the WNBA, my mom and both kids love it. And even though the WNBA isn't my favorite sporting event to watch, it is sometimes nice to see an actual 5 on 5 basketball game, with pick & rolls, and strategy and all that. I like the NBA, but its really just 5 little games of 1 on 1.
EDIT: but yes, their management and coaching has been suspect almost since day 1
just brew it! wrote:With a decently-arranged spreadsheet, Solver will give you an optimum solution in seconds.It's a challenging optimization problem...
AMD64Blondie wrote:Not looking forward to DST.
Losing a hour of sleep will suck,big-time.
Bah humbug.