Category Archives: work

Exchange Rates Are Important

Posted on August 17, 2013 by baudattitude

One of the derpier things about my current job is that, every year, I need to take mandatory ethics training, specifically on the topic of dealing with representatives of foreign governments. At my level, I can pretty much be sure … Continue reading →

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I finally have a way…

Posted on August 7, 2013 by baudattitude

…to explain to my family and friends what it is exactly that I do for a living. All I need to do is have them watch this, and explain that I’m the one on the right.  

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Amateurs.

Posted on July 19, 2013 by baudattitude

I work in a pretty geeky environment and this week’s Steam sale has been a frequent conversation topic. I got to overhear a couple of coworkers exchange Steam IDs and check out each others profile today, which included the thoroughly … Continue reading →

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Happiness is…

Posted on January 30, 2013 by baudattitude

If you start typing “happiness is” into Google, it naturally gives you a great many suggestions. My personal favorite is “happiness is a red popsicle”, though I confess that spending the last 25 years on the Internet has me worried … Continue reading →

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Deep thoughts

Posted on December 21, 2011 by baudattitude

Today has been one of those days at work where I look at the state of my savings account, look at my frequent flyer miles, and try to calculate how long my wife and I could live in a capsule … Continue reading →

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Department of Redundancy Department

Posted on December 9, 2011 by baudattitude

A co-worker waylaid me with a question this morning. Pointing at her computer monitor, she asked me “Can you read German?” I looked at the screen, and it was plainly in German, but beyond that basic conclusion it was pretty … Continue reading →

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Dunschoolin’

Posted on August 11, 2011 by baudattitude

It’s more than a little weird being out of school, even five months after I graduated.  I spent the better part of five years defining myself as a student who just happened to be doing other things at the same … Continue reading →

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Being Employed Actually Kind of Rocks

Posted on June 22, 2011 by baudattitude

So, I graduated about three months ago, and my bosses at the university were kind enough to let me hold on to my student job through the end of Spring term, but it was a job with an expiration date … Continue reading →

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In which I triumph over the IT guy.

Posted on March 1, 2011 by baudattitude

So, I do helpdesk sorts of things at work these days. It’s a pretty good gig, but I do have to put up with one IT guy who’s kind of a roadblock sometimes. See, I have a Mac and a … Continue reading →

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Missing the point.

Posted on January 12, 2011 by baudattitude

I have a part-time job now.  Well, I’ve had it for a few months actually.  It came out of my attending my school’s “campus jobs fair”, finding out that “campus jobs fair” meant “jobs for people with work-study packages in … Continue reading →

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