I Did An Awesome

[QuakeKid]

oh oh, Qung Fu!! I remember Phenom was doing some friggin motion capture type stuff with a XBKinect, is this the same project???

Yea, I think so.
This stuff:
http://quakeone.com/forums/quake-mod...ip-thread.html

It looks like hella fun. So it never got finished then?

[Mindf!3ldzX]

So legend has it that you worked on a project called Qung Fu. Is it finished? I've been reading a LOT of stuffs on the forums. I need to stop reading and start coding.

oh oh, Qung Fu!! I remember Phenom was doing some friggin motion capture type stuff with a XBKinect, is this the same project???

[Syluxguy28O3]

heh i can attest that maintaining a stress free attitude can get ya places. good going.

[QuakeKid]

So legend has it that you worked on a project called Qung Fu. Is it finished? I've been reading a LOT of stuffs on the forums. I need to stop reading and start coding.

[MadGypsy]

Thanks, QuakeKid. Me too. If not, I'll just get another one. Honestly, I almost started pursuing a career as a programmer. I mean I have something stupid like 12+ languages under my belt and learning new ones is a nothing at this point. It almost always boils down to little more than new syntax. However, there is this bad taste in my mouth when I consider turning my hobby into a job, and that bad taste is amplified when I consider having to sign some piece of paper that says some company now owns my code.

If I ever become a paid programmer, it will have to be because I finally got off my butt and built some independent operation.

[QuakeKid]

Congratulations MadGypsy! That's good to hear, hope you find happiness in your new job.

[MadGypsy]

It's just another bar job. I'll be cooking, bar-backing and shucking oysters (pay+tips). I would say 18 to 20 an hour average (after tips) is probably a good estimate. As far as liking the job, of course I don't like it. Who really wants to work in a bar? I don't even drink. But like it or not has nothing to do with it. I am VERY good at it.

I am so good at it, that the owner could tell that I was dead fucking serious when I told him I will smoke anyone you have ever hired.

I'm a ringer, plain and simple. I am also crammed with energy and it is impossible for me to be lazy cause I HATE doing nothing. It's not even about work-ethics. My M.O. is, if you have nothing for me to do, I gotta go.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

2 weeks ago I got fired from my job. I would like to add that the reason had nothing to do with me personally. It really boiled down to management stepping up and actually managing something or losing me. In the process of me taking a gamble, I pushed it too far and was fired before I could quit.

I basically gave a bunch of lazy losers an ultimatem to step up and work or lose what you got. Of course lazy people don't want to work and that was my gamble.

Anyway, I spent 2 weeks not even looking for a job cause I'm not monetarily challenged. Today I woke up, the sun was shining, the birds were singing and I decided to get a job. I got on CL saw one job that interested me and made up my mind that I was going to get it. I showed up the second the doors opened, met the owner with a firm handshake and direct eye-contact. Not 10 minutes later I was leaving with the responsibility to be there tomorrow at 10 am ready for work.

How cool is that? It can barely be said that I even tried to get a job. One ad, one decision, one stop, one success. This is a recurring theme in my life. When I decided to leave the warehouse I was in a new apartment 2 days later. Yet another one ad, one decision, one stop, one success situation. I could name more of these, quite a few more actually. I DIRECTLY attribute my no stress life to the uncountable number of people I have helped over the span of the last 20 years. I almost believe that God/The Great Spirit/Whatever you want to call him/her, has to keep me working or other people are gonna starve to death.

Congrats! Hopefully the work entails something you find enjoyable or falls into the wheelhouse of your hobby's / passions!

[MadGypsy]

2 weeks ago I got fired from my job. I would like to add that the reason had nothing to do with me personally. It really boiled down to management stepping up and actually managing something or losing me. In the process of me taking a gamble, I pushed it too far and was fired before I could quit.

I basically gave a bunch of lazy losers an ultimatem to step up and work or lose what you got. Of course lazy people don't want to work and that was my gamble.

Anyway, I spent 2 weeks not even looking for a job cause I'm not monetarily challenged. Today I woke up, the sun was shining, the birds were singing and I decided to get a job. I got on CL saw one job that interested me and made up my mind that I was going to get it. I showed up the second the doors opened, met the owner with a firm handshake and direct eye-contact. Not 10 minutes later I was leaving with the responsibility to be there tomorrow at 10 am ready for work.

How cool is that? It can barely be said that I even tried to get a job. One ad, one decision, one stop, one success. This is a recurring theme in my life. When I decided to leave the warehouse I was in a new apartment 2 days later. Yet another one ad, one decision, one stop, one success situation. I could name more of these, quite a few more actually. I DIRECTLY attribute my no stress life to the uncountable number of people I have helped over the span of the last 20 years. I almost believe that God/The Great Spirit/Whatever you want to call him/her, has to keep me working or other people are gonna starve to death.

Anyway, I think I made a good decision as to where I decided to apply. It's been around a while, has pretty good ratings on the internet and seems to be incredibly busy. All that tells me I should be making at least what I was making at my last (almost identical) job, which was better than merely a living wage. I mean for 3 years I have worked about 28 hours a week and saved at least a few hundred a week. I don't know too many people that are that fortunate in my line of work. I can bank about 14k a year after bills with part-time work... I hope this job can step up to my standards. I shall see very soon.