AskMe inspired job August 12, 2004 12:11 PM   Subscribe

Thank you thank you, AskMe! [more specific thanks inside]
posted by littlegreenlights to MetaFilter-Related at 12:11 PM (17 comments total)

I made a resolution after that thread and started sending out stronger feelers. As a result, I've been interviewing for a position for weeks, and it finally came through. This morning I got a great offer, accepted, and put in my notice. I'll be going to a dreamy dreamland place with benefits, achievable goals, certification help, and two seminars of my choosing a year. (Plus more money, though that was not a primary goal. MeFi totally gets a hunk of my fist check.) So yay, AskMe! I hope this is an appropriate post. Shucks, I'm just grateful is all.
posted by littlegreenlights at 12:13 PM on August 12, 2004


cool, I'm happy for you
posted by matteo at 12:15 PM on August 12, 2004


that's great!

AskMe: It makes life better : >
posted by amberglow at 12:16 PM on August 12, 2004


My fist check? Er, that should be first, of course. No, it's not that kind of job. :>
posted by littlegreenlights at 12:20 PM on August 12, 2004


I prefer "cheque", myself, to distinguish it from all the other variations of "check," but as a Canadian I often go with the British variations. Except for "centre"--I rarely seem to get my head around that one.

Congratulations on the job.
posted by The God Complex at 12:36 PM on August 12, 2004


excellent! :o)
posted by andrew cooke at 1:10 PM on August 12, 2004


Seems AskMe can save lives after all. Right on, Miz lights!
posted by chicobangs at 1:41 PM on August 12, 2004


I too would like to thank metafilter for helping me get a job recently. Thanks!
posted by interrobang at 2:08 PM on August 12, 2004


Hey, how do I get metafilter to get me a job?

If anyone is looking for a part time Unix sysadmin, hit me up!
posted by cmonkey at 3:13 PM on August 12, 2004


(oh, and congrats!)
posted by cmonkey at 3:14 PM on August 12, 2004


I'm pretty sure any random selection of my archived Metafilter comments in Google would instantly get me fired.

Fuck you, Metafilter.
posted by Stan Chin at 3:27 PM on August 12, 2004


AskMetafilter: this is why we can have nice things!
posted by Lynsey at 4:15 PM on August 12, 2004


Stan, the VP of HR wants to see you in the big conference room, pronto.
posted by mwhybark at 5:52 PM on August 12, 2004


Congratulations, littlegreenlights. This sounds like a milestone for AskMe.
posted by dhoyt at 11:36 PM on August 12, 2004


It always warms my heart to hear about one of my tech-support brothers (and sisters) getting fired up, finding some confidence and striking out into the big bad world.

Many companies think tech-support staff are interchangeable drones - as if one is much the same as another. I've worked in support for over ten years and and I'm telling any employers reading this - good tech-support staff are hard to find. cherish them, love them, pay them loads of cash because they care and they're worth it.

Well done LGL, all the best.
posted by dodgygeezer at 3:22 AM on August 13, 2004


Hear, hear! (What dodgygeezer said...)

I'd go further: if you are in management for an organization that has a support center, I challenge you to spend one hour a week - just one - for the next six months answering calls on the front line. Statistics and charts and reports don't tell even half the story you'll hear in people's voices...

I started out in support, yea those many years ago (and those carrier pigeons were snippy, let me tell you!), and a very wise woman advised me on my first job out of the support group to never lose touch with that form of visceral feedback. I never have, and I've been grateful for it on many occasions. I don't make anybody else do it but I still do myself, albeit less frequently than I probably should, and I know at least half a dozen or so other managers who do the same.

(Congrats, LGL!)
posted by JollyWanker at 5:50 AM on August 13, 2004


I'm pretty sure any random selection of my archived Metafilter comments in Google would instantly get me fired.

Fuck you, Metafilter.
posted by Stan Chin at 3:27 PM PST on August 12


That is very funny.
posted by the fire you left me at 9:10 AM on August 13, 2004


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