This appeals to me because I love anything dealing with aviation, you might love something else that I find to be an absolute bore and vice-versa. Is there any point discussing why we like and dislike what we like and dislike?
How so? The only thing I'm skeptical about is I would imagine his local PD would be way busy to go on a petty theft bust but other than that it sounds legit.
This is just like the story of the guy whose stolen bike from Portland showed up in Seattle's Craigslist. IIRC this guy didn't have support from the police and set his own sting operation, the a-ha thing here was that he used Burner to make it look like he had a Seattle area code:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKTdeXH0Iz0&noredirect=1
Ironically TL;dr. Not sure I got much out of it. Some of my best practices when talking to developers at my company:
-Do not leave voice mails. Go see them in person if you can.
-If your signature is longer than your short email and/or contains graphics, rethink your signature.
-Turn off HTML in your email client.
-Expect in-line responses.
The biggest irony of all of this is that I see so many technical recruiters who have massively long signatures with a bunch of graphics.
A "Kayak for insurance" is a huge missed opportunity for AAA, who already offers this type of service to its members. Actually, AAA should really look into an accelerator/incubator for travel startups.
See, that's fascinating! I was raised to believe that asking "what do you do" demonstrates interest in having a conversation with someone. Until now, I had never ever posited that asking "what do you do" is a pry into income level.
The wide majority of us have been unemployed at one point or another.
Was it annoying to hear my parents suggest I should just take a job at the supermarket when I was unemployed? Yes. Was it equally annoying when I'd be connected by a friend to someone who had a job but in an area I had no interest in? Absolutely!
When I was unemployed, what got me out of it were chance conversations with people. I doubt I would have gone past the small-talk stage had I lashed out or fumed about the annoyance of being unemployed.
In the end of my six-month unemployment stint, I sent out nearly 120 copies of my resume to various places. Yes, I counted out of curiosity as well as to keep track of status and follow-ups. Toward the end, I had two offers both out of chance/networking encounters because I rolled with these small-talk punches.
In short, unemployed folk, be patient and kind. Very kind. And don't listen to this drivel.
I could play "Master of Puppets" on my guitar when I was 17. But just the rhythm guitar part. That was a big accomplishment. Seeing this, I now feel like a failure.
The video is currently not loading for me, so the below is just an observation on the linguistics of these situations not a troll to downgrade the humor contained herein.
This isn't the first time a brand has had to rethink its name to adjust to the local language. The Ford Pinto was re-dubbed when it entered Brazil because pinto in Portuguese is a word reserved for the male anatomy. It also happens the other way: the Nissan 350Z from the 80s was called the Fair Lady in Japan, which would likely never have resonated with its target demographic in the U.S.