Turn off your cell phone! I, and another guy at work, interviewed someone today for a Java position. So, we’re sitting there talking to him and his cell phone rings. He gets his phone out and presses a button and puts it back. I figure he forgot to turn it off – no biggie. It rings again ~10 minutes later. He presses a button again and puts it back. ~15 minutes later it rings again and he answers it. I hear a woman on the other end ask for him and he asks if she could call back in about an hour. Unbelievable.

If you are on an interview, show the people you are interviewing with some respect and that you really want the job and turn off your cell phone (or leave it in the car). The only reason we could think of to leave it on would be if your wife is pregnant and expecting to deliver soon and even then I would mention it before the interview starts. In an interview, you want to make the best impression you can and that experience REALLY gave a bad impression.

geek, interviews, jobs, java, cellphones

Ok, not quite, but I have joined the staff of TipMonkies! Don’t worry though, this site will not change, I’ll still be posting the same stuff you all know and love, just some of the articles I post here will also be posted to TipMonkies.

I swear, everything I read on The Sneeze (Half zine, Half blog, Half not good with fractions.), I like. It’s just a great site. Check out The Sneeze if you haven’t already. I guarantee you’ll like it or your money back.

The Sneeze

Speaking of The Sneeze, here is a comment I posted on The Sneeze about his post called Toys For Tears (read his post first then read this):

“Mine was a Rubik’s Revenge that I got for my birthday from my Aunt. I had mastered Rubik’s Cube and was ready for the next challenge. When I opened it and messed it up I realized it was much harder than the cube. After playing with it for a while I figured I’d just easily take it apart like the original Rubik’s Cube and put it back together correctly. Unfortunately, the innards of Revenge are different than Cube and the trick to open a Cube breaks the Revenge. I never told anyone that I broke it on the day I got it and I never got another.”

I watched Hellboy yesterday and it was much better than I was expecting. I expected a cheesey comic book movie, but it was actually a good cheesey comic book movie. It had lots of cool special effects, some nice bits of humor, cats (and kittens), and was overall a really good movie. I could have done without the love story, but hey, no movie is perfect. Oh yeah – and I loved the Abe Sapien character – reminded me of C3PO. I give Hellboy 4 out of 5 Vogons.

geek, hellboy, movies, moviereview