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Boredom is Dangerous
Oct. 20th, 2004 12:26 pmMy ability to waste time is always just better than the amount of time I have to waste. I really should be focused on grad school more. Really. Instead, I read slashdot, and half start random projects. But at least the chocolate was tasty.
Yesterday's stress was for the emergency dispatcher job I had applied for. It was not an interview, just testing. I guess they are really trying to hire people who can do the job, not just sound good in interview. Which might be useful, if I can do the job. Thanks for all the reassurance of my brilliance, but I'll admit it is spotty. And much of it I blame on the early programming/training from my sister and my folks. Such as mapreading. I can be dropped down in a strange country with a sketchy tourist map and make my way to where I am staying, and thus can easily pick out the correct directions in a multiple choice question using a completely detailed 20 block map. Remember a seven digit number that I hear once for 10 seconds is apparently beyond me though. And I realize that using the phonetic alphabet adds the critical time for me get down long alphanumeric strings. At least I can roughly spell. So I am hoping to hear back from them Friday or Monday for a job interview. I also got an information packet that answers a lot of the questions I had about the mechanics of the job. Though I feel a little bad, because I am planning on grad school.
Currently investigating photo album software. I might try posting a link to various pictures of my doings.
Yesterday's stress was for the emergency dispatcher job I had applied for. It was not an interview, just testing. I guess they are really trying to hire people who can do the job, not just sound good in interview. Which might be useful, if I can do the job. Thanks for all the reassurance of my brilliance, but I'll admit it is spotty. And much of it I blame on the early programming/training from my sister and my folks. Such as mapreading. I can be dropped down in a strange country with a sketchy tourist map and make my way to where I am staying, and thus can easily pick out the correct directions in a multiple choice question using a completely detailed 20 block map. Remember a seven digit number that I hear once for 10 seconds is apparently beyond me though. And I realize that using the phonetic alphabet adds the critical time for me get down long alphanumeric strings. At least I can roughly spell. So I am hoping to hear back from them Friday or Monday for a job interview. I also got an information packet that answers a lot of the questions I had about the mechanics of the job. Though I feel a little bad, because I am planning on grad school.
Currently investigating photo album software. I might try posting a link to various pictures of my doings.
