Big Changes I've Seen In My Lifetime

[Vodstok]

I didnt have a computer job until 2001 :)


My printed copy of my "resume" (a list of crap i could do on a computer) was lost, so i had my first interview for a helpdesk position over a handwritten list of skills. On Notebook paper. in 2 colors of ink and pencil.



Not only did i get the job, i set an IT department record for fast promotions and multiple raises in years where most people were lucky to see 2% and not get canned.

Now i work a job where about 80% of the peopel around me are mainframe programmers. weird.

[stubbornforgey]

Originally Posted by Vodstok

I didnt have a computer job until 2001 :)


My printed copy of my "resume" (a list of crap i could do on a computer) was lost, so i had my first interview for a helpdesk position over a handwritten list of skills. On Notebook paper. in 2 colors of ink and pencil.



Not only did i get the job, i set an IT department record for fast promotions and multiple raises in years where most people were lucky to see 2% and not get canned.

Now i work a job where about 80% of the peopel around me are mainframe programmers. weird.

good..you can be my 1st millionaire friend..
i need another 19 :o

[Vodstok]

Originally Posted by stubbornforgey

good..you can be my 1st millionaire friend..
i need another 19 :o

Hah! How's this, once i have a billion, ill send you a check for a million.

[stubbornforgey]

Originally Posted by Vodstok

Hah! How's this, once i have a billion, ill send you a check for a million.

ok..em not greedy
but when you make your 1st billion..
you can be all my 20 bestfreinds :D

[Vodstok]

Originally Posted by stubbornforgey

ok..em not greedy
but when you make your 1st billion..
you can be all my 20 bestfreinds :D

:)







________________________

[neverending]

Not until page 7 did someone mention VHS, CDs and DVDs- yet those were pretty big things.

I remember every year it was a big event to watch Wizard of Oz on TV because that's the only way you could see it. Sometimes old films would get rereleased.

Now we have the DVD collector's industry. Eventually everything will get released- some way or another.

It's an amazing thing!


On another front- when I was young you didn't spit in public. It just wasn't done. Now there are goobers everywhere I go, and people spitting left and right. It makes me gag.

[Phalanx]

On another front- when I was young you didn't spit in public. It just wasn't done. Now there are goobers everywhere I go, and people spitting left and right. It makes me gag.

Fucking filthy habit...I'll do it only if neccesary, and even then, not around a bunch of people, into a bin or the gutter...I've seen people jst spit allover footpaths and walls...feel like grabbing them by the hair and rubbing their face in it.

[stubbornforgey]

Originally Posted by Phalanx

Fucking filthy habit...I'll do it only if neccesary, and even then, not around a bunch of people, into a bin or the gutter...I've seen people jst spit allover footpaths and walls...feel like grabbing them by the hair and rubbing their face in it.

my 1st job as a waitress in town at the bus terminal
fuck..eww...ppl leaving spit in thier saucers n ashtrays.

[Elvis_Christ]

Originally Posted by urgeok

The Extinction of Dinosaurs
Fire
The telephone
Running water
Sliced Bread
WW II

:p
hahaha

[The STE]

iPods. To me they've made CDs almost completely obsolite. I'll still keep CDs around until we have cars with iPod hookups, but I hardly ever use them for listening to music anymore