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y8s 06-21-2013 04:22 PM

The Joe Perez New Job Speculation Thread
 
I don't really think he's going to have a gender reassignment.

What do you think he's going to do in lovely Santa Clara, CA?

Savington 06-21-2013 04:28 PM

South Bay crew ITT.

18psi 06-21-2013 05:16 PM

Oh another cali circle jerk :party:

JasonC SBB 06-21-2013 05:28 PM

NSA plant in Cisco.

rleete 06-21-2013 06:36 PM

He's going to go murder those hippies that got the nuke plant closed.

More power to him.

FRT_Fun 06-21-2013 08:02 PM


Originally Posted by rleete (Post 1023941)
More power to him.

I see what you did there.

DaveC 06-21-2013 08:11 PM

Seriously, guys, he talked about the interview. Well, not the interview, per se, but he mentioned visiting a certain company... nothing about his description of the visit sounded like field work for his current job.

2ndGearRubber 06-21-2013 08:56 PM

Professional sperm-bank donor. Ladies are already lining up.

Braineack 06-22-2013 07:58 AM

I thinking about doing a CA tour next summer...

y8s 06-22-2013 09:15 AM


Originally Posted by DaveC (Post 1023969)
Seriously, guys, he talked about the interview. Well, not the interview, per se, but he mentioned visiting a certain company... nothing about his description of the visit sounded like field work for his current job.

company name?

DaveC 06-22-2013 11:04 AM


Originally Posted by y8s (Post 1024048)
company name?

Apple

y8s 06-22-2013 11:58 AM

funny. I turned them down to move to DC and get hitched.

supercooper 06-22-2013 12:11 PM


Originally Posted by y8s (Post 1024072)
funny. I turned them down to move to DC and get hitched.

I'd say you made a good choice.... who wants to work for a damn fruit company anyways???

y8s 06-23-2013 10:24 AM


Originally Posted by supercooper (Post 1024073)
I'd say you made a good choice.... who wants to work for a damn fruit company anyways???

what I hear from the inside is that they pay really competetively to get you in the door but don't give big raises.

still, this was 2005 and would have been pretty sweet.

Braineack 06-23-2013 10:31 AM

isnt that the same as any job?

i mean i never expect a big raise ever once working, so it's not to move up the ladder by getting new jobs every now an again.

DaveC 06-23-2013 10:36 AM

I know you're not saying that all companies are the same to work for, that they all use the same techniques to attract good candidates and keep them....

Braineack 06-24-2013 07:51 AM

Well let's see, my last job gave me a 1.3% raise that didn't even cover the new payroll taxes of 2013, let only any cost of living increase. My new job was a 33% pay raise over that...

y8s 06-24-2013 10:32 AM

my wife has received almost a 10% pay increase every year for the last 7 years.

(prior to that was lower)

she's going to out-earn me in two years at this pace.

Scrappy Jack 06-24-2013 11:39 AM

Santa Clara = Silicon Valley? Apple seems the most obvious. Any number of start-ups or other smaller tech firms would also be plausible possibilities.

Alternatively, what major communications or broadcast firms have bases there?


Originally Posted by y8s (Post 1024492)
she's going to out-earn me in two years at this pace.

Winning! Are you DINKs?

18psi 06-24-2013 12:27 PM

I wonder how long Joseph Stalin will avoid this thread?

Also I have heard the opposite about Fapple: a few friends of friends cannot stop raving about how they're getting raises and bonuses left and right. I dunno

shuiend 06-24-2013 01:04 PM


Originally Posted by Scrappy Jack (Post 1024527)
Winning! Are you DINKs?

Y8s and his wife just had a son. They also live in Arlington VA, so even when they were DINKs they could not afford a house with more then 1 bathroom in it.

thenuge26 06-24-2013 01:20 PM

1 Attachment(s)
So have you been in for your re-engineering yet Joe?

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1372094419

JasonC SBB 06-24-2013 01:52 PM


Originally Posted by shuiend (Post 1024571)
Y8s and his wife just had a son. They also live in Arlington VA, so even when they were DINKs they could not afford a house with more then 1 bathroom in it.

Unless lobbyist or tax-eater.

y8s 06-24-2013 03:09 PM


Originally Posted by JasonC SBB (Post 1024597)
Unless lobbyist or tax-eater.

while she was technically registered as a lobbyist for a short time, she's since been reclassified. and works for a nonprofit. and is the lobbyists boss.

key point: environmental organization working on food issues.

so while she does get to hobknob with some food famous people, she does not, in fact, smear dirty money on our bed to sleep.

y8s 06-24-2013 03:13 PM


Originally Posted by Scrappy Jack (Post 1024527)
Santa Clara = Silicon Valley?

absolutely. the valley that is silicon is none other than Santa Clara Valley.

my high school job was pharmacy delivery guy and I drove through all the areas where the tech sector grew up. In a sense, I watched it hatch in real time. This was around 1991 and on.

kenzo42 06-27-2013 12:23 AM

Oh what...Joe's coming to Nor Cal?!

y8s 06-27-2013 02:02 PM

Point of speculation:

Joe is giving away all of his garage posessions.

Santa Clara has garages!

What the eff?

JasonC SBB 06-27-2013 02:10 PM


Originally Posted by kenzo42 (Post 1025736)
Oh what...Joe's coming to Nor Cal?!

I for one welcome Joe's move from Silicone Valley to Silly Con Valley.

We can talk about electronics, turbos, monetary systems, and conspiracies over beer!

rleete 06-27-2013 02:11 PM

He's going to buy a Prius and become a hipster.

18psi 06-27-2013 02:11 PM

And instead of internet slap fights, you guys can get in real world slap fights :party:


Originally Posted by rleete (Post 1025946)
He's going to buy a Prius and become a hipster.

way ahead of you bro: he has an e-bike

Braineack 06-27-2013 02:25 PM


Originally Posted by y8s (Post 1025944)
Point of speculation:

Joe is giving away all of his garage posessions.

Santa Clara has garages!

What the eff?


and storage units; i think he's becoming a hybrid bike-riding monk.

Scrappy Jack 06-27-2013 03:09 PM

You guys have it all wrong. Joe is getting a big check to jump ship so he is selling all his old crap and getting ready to buy all new top-of-the-line equipment (or going minimalist chic and paying someone else to get their hands dirty).

Plus, he needs space to park the Porsche.

Braineack 07-11-2013 07:45 AM

1 Attachment(s)
It has become abundantly clear why Joe has parted with all his human possessions:

First Apple Computer Sells at Auction for $387,750


https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1373543157

(AP) First Apple computer sells at auction for $387,750
NEW YORK
An original Apple computer from 1976 has sold at auction for nearly $388,000.

Known as the Apple 1, it was one of the first Apple computers ever built.

It sold Monday for $387,750 at a Christie's online-only auction. Bolaffi, an Italian collections company, says in a statement that it bought the computer. The seller was a retired school psychologist from Sacramento, Calif.

Vintage Apple products have become a hot item since Steve Jobs' death in October 2011. Jobs joined forces with Steve Wozniak to build computer prototypes in a California garage, and Wozniak built the Apple 1.

Another Apple 1 was sold in May for a record $671,400 by a German auction house. It broke a record of $640,000 set in November.

petrolmed 09-13-2013 03:32 PM

Bumping this for legitimate claims.

I think Joe is going to be an 18 wheel truck driver after his NYC ventures.


Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 1052833)
Hmm.

Well, I'd definitely have to move someplace cheaper, as $1,500 a week isn't a fuckton anywhere I've lived recently (San Diego, Silicon Valley, NYC).

But on the other hand, you've very nearly described my dream job otherwise. Granted, I usually travel by air rather than by ground, but the whole "away from home for weeks on end" thing doesn't bother me in the least- I do it all the time, and in fact I get antsy when I'm in one place too long.


Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 1052854)
I take it that you were a company driver. What was your impression of the scene for Owner-Operators, in terms of pay, scheduling, etc?


Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 1052885)
Presupposing that one has the means, would it be better to simply purchase a new truck for cash up front, rather than financing a new purchase or always buying used?



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