Super Psycho Cyclesluts from HELL..

Say that five times fast!

... it happened :) and it was difficult for me to realize. I didn’t accept it until long after the fact. It’s too bad that it has ended, it’s very sad. However, I do have a wonderful friend still, who has now broken my 20 year old NES.. ya punk ;P

I wish you luck in all of your endeavors, sexpot. Thanks for everything :)

Copyed from : Get out of cable TV

Now I can say that I’m officially out. I am a LAN specialist now. Though it be with a major retailer, all my customers are internal – they had better not treat me like dirt. Also I have my own desk, my own desk phone, my own work computer ( that consequently I can remote into other hosts with ) – I have achieved white collar authenticity! I am actually proud of the fact that I have become a Milton ( Office Space ).This is my start in a new career path and I am ecstatic for the change and the capacity to work in new surroundings learning new things, on new technologies. I AM still interested in being a WAN engineer, so I may yet work again in the cable TV industry – but not as a “cable dog” :)

... and oh yes, I work 41 hours a week, with some other overtime required occasionally – and I know about the overtime WELL ahead of time. This overtime will be much more seldom than at Comcast where I worked overtime PRACTICALLY EVERY DAY I WORKED.. By THE THIRD FUCKING DAY OF THE WEEK I had usually worked very close to your five, and then had to work more, and more, AND MORE untill Saturday. Weekends came every fourth, sometimes third, week and sometimes I was asked to work others weekends at that – if I didn’t, then I wasn’t a ‘team player’. ( I just added it up based off of my salary. My pay based off of 40 hours a week was 40,560 a year. I would have made 62,000 before years end the last year I worked there if I included overtime – 13 hours of overtime a week averaged over the whole year )

Just before I quit CompUSA I had considered going back to Comcast because my lack of experience in IT Networking was proving a difficult barrier. Really, I wonder if they would have had me back. Just the same, I had a chance to speak to one of my former co-workers, Fred. I had a hand in training him, just like I had in training any new maintenance technician, or anyone who wanted to become a maintenance technician, for the time I was there. In our conversation I discovered that my old areas went to shit a month after I left – predictable. I also discovered that up untill he decided to take it, my position was unfilled. The company had asked over 30 service technicians ( the step below me ) if they wanted a promotion to work my old areas. Over a year had passed before anyone decided to take it, and that was Fred, and he said he had been asked before on several occasions, refusing it based off it’s difficulty. I even saw it posted online – not a typical position to post online, because Comcast promotes from within for tech-operations positions.

It was vindication for me hearing that. Anyway, I’ll be happy (hopefully) and well rested from now on.

I can say that I liked working as a maintenance technician. I can honestly say that. I made it into an arcane art. I was dubbed ‘Mr. Wizard’ by one of my co-workers, proclaimed a ‘damned genius’ by another. I was accused of ‘talking above peoples heads’, but not in a negative way – I discovered later that it was otherwise described ‘as though I was speaking in a foreign language’. Out of respect, even by those that disliked me, supervisors rated me 5 on a company 1 through 5 metric of job knowledge – and I don’t remember anyone else ever getting a 5. I was repected as a library of tech knowledge by my peers, constantly asked questions and one of the tech trainers would even have conversations with me about how to test students.

I once re-engineered two nodes, redistributing a customer base, and submitted it to our engineering department, only to have my proposed project shredded. I found out from Fred that the project took place only a few months ago. I think I’ll go look at it personally in a few minutes.

I still don’t want to go back though :)

... I’m the fuck out …

Get a job that doesn’t require insanely long hours because the company ‘must keep up with the demands of the current economy’ will also be updated shortly.

Five months ago I was hired at CompUSA, which did not pay well at all and dealt with a customer base that treated me like dirt. Above all else was that although I was called a ‘tech’, the position dealt in retail sales, not IT, so I did not consider this job to have any serious quality or responsibility.
It did meet the qualifications for this and the previous stated goal, however I despise retail. I was also not excited enough to claim that I’d broken out of cable and didn’t put forth the effort to make this entry. It wasn’t a serious job in IT.

Now I can say that I’m officially out. I am a LAN specialist now. Though it be with a major retailer, all my customers are internal – they had better not treat me like dirt. Also I have my own desk, my own desk phone, my own work computer ( that consequently I can remote into other hosts with ) – I have achieved white collar authenticity! I am actually proud of the fact that I have become a Milton ( Office Space ).

This is my start in a new career path and I am ecstatic for the change and the capacity to work in new surroundings learning new things, on new technologies. I AM still interested in being a WAN engineer, so I may yet work again in the cable TV industry – but not as a “cable dog” :)

She’s nuttier than grandma’s fruitcake…

BAHAHAHA!

http://www.loosechange911.com/

In order to complete this goal, I have to think up plans this complicated and detailed. Kudos to you whoever thought this up!

• Cheney guffaws *

the picture is a bit yellow, but it shows what’s been done at least

like this will ever happen :)

The ceiling is in, the drywall is up, the electrical is in and all is painted in the basement. I’m waiting for a carpet estimate on Monday.

I love this… :)

Curious.. I might be interviewed for a position with Cox Communications. I’d still be in cable, but I might just be an ‘engineer’. In old CaTV parlance this position might be equivalent to a headend technician. Below is a copy of the email that was sent to me.

Hi Robert,

Per our conversation, below is the job description. Please send me your updated resume in Word format, and Lisa Walker, the sr. recruiter, will be giving you a call to discuss the details.

Thanks!

TITLE: Engineer, Video Systems
LOCATION: ATLANTA, GEORGIA
REPORT: Manager, Video Systems

SUMMARY OF POSITION:

Installs, maintains, provisions, checks, and adjusts Headend/MTC equipment including CAiN, high-speed data communications, networking, and other equipment-
-specifics may vary by specialty. Ensures transmission and distribution equipment and active cable plant meet Cox and FCC standards. Program and set up customer premise equipment as required to provide video and data services. Track trouble records and write reports. Analyze and trouble shoot video problems for quick resolution. Maintain accurate inventory of Headend network elements. Measure network performance and diagnose network problems using measurement and diagnostic tools and methods. Responsible for ensuring installation, documentation, and turn-up of circuits and equipment conform to engineering standards. Read and understand system maps, plans, and other visuals related to communications service. Assists with maintenance of required logs, records, drawings, and other documentation. Performs as stand-by as required.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Requires two (2) years of formal elecâ™tfokcs training beyond a high school diploma or equivalent. ASEE, A+ certifications or equivalent required for broadband specialties. Requires a minimum of one year (two years desired) of technician/service or equivalent âœhands onâ experience with CATV, fiber optics, microwave, broadband, or telephony experience, as required by specialty. 2 years of experience with analog/digital video, audio and mutli-chamiel experience a must. Requires a thorough knowledge of cable television distribution systems and test equipment, including field-strength meters, VOM, TDR, cable locator, signal leakage detector and system sweeps. Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve IP network troubles in the physical, data link, and network layers must have excellent oral and written communication/interpersonal skills. Exposure to one or more disagreeable conditions 50°k of the work schedule. Must be able to work a flexible schedule with the

Ability/willingness to do shift work on a 24×7x365 basis including holidays and weekend. Must be able to use reasoning to problem-solve and troubleshoot. Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

TRAVEL:

No more than 10% travel anticipated.

I forgot about this! Since I have written my last update I’ve been A+ certified and Net+ certified passed my last two exams. Now I’m working on an MCP.

I even wrote an online resume:

http://webpages.charter.net/robert.b.bailey/

I just find it impossible to fritter away my higher faculties and accept what some ‘holier than thou’ asscrack in good standing with the opiated masses claims is correct based off blind faith in a supposedly undebatable philosophical manual.

I give up. It’s just too difficult to supress reason. I’ll leave that task to those more suited, those who lack reason.