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    • ChrisC
      Chris
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      @Appfaff:

      If you asked me at age 18 what my dream job would be, this one would have been the answer.

      At 18, I'm pretty sure I wanted to work for the United Nations.  I suppose insulting ugly bald Eurotrash on a forum dedicated to Japanese clothing is basically the same thing.

      Good luck with the potential career change…

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      • AppfaffA
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        I agree - same thing 100%

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        • C
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          Heading to the Schott sample sale this weekend at their factory.

          It was awesome last year.  Scored a really neat prototype jacket for myself and a leather jacket for the wife. Pretty stoked.

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          • neph93N
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            @Chris:

            At 18, I'm pretty sure I wanted to work for the United Nations.  I suppose insulting ugly bald Eurotrash on a forum dedicated to Japanese clothing is basically the same thing.

            It is these days…

            Sounds like great stuff @Appfaff 💪🏽

            «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
            We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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              @celik:

              Heading to the Schott sample sale this weekend at their factory.

              It was awesome last year.  Scored a really neat prototype jacket for myself and a leather jacket for the wife. Pretty stoked.

              .        I’ve gotten a few really great deals at that sale over the years. Not going this year,but you’ll be about 2 miles from my house in Cranford,NJ

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                @Jett129 I'm an hour north of the city but it's cool to "meet" others on this forum from this area.

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                • tvenutoT
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                  @Appfaff  I made a similar move last year, as others said they’ll be lucky to have you. Good luck.

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                  • AppfaffA
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                    Thanks @tvenuto - the whole "do what you love" thing turns sour after a little while, doesn't it.

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                    • tvenutoT
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                      Ha it sure can. “Being your own boss” has its downsides and hidden pitfalls.

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                      • SeulS
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                        SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM

                        https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=14693

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                        • David_pllD
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                          Hopefully it all goes well for you, @Appfaff

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                          • AppfaffA
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                            Cheers David

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                            • GraemeG
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                              I missed the original post, so a belated good luck to @Appfaff.

                              Speaking of careers, I had a meeting with a recruitment agent yesterday who has a potentially interesting role. It's with a startup here in Melbourne.

                              The trouble is that the CTO is a 22 year old "whizzkid", and although he's going to be heading overseas to do a PhD, he's possibly going to be involved.

                              What concerns me is that the first thing he did when he got hired was rewrite the entire app, because he thought that the old one was messy. Never rewrite working code is up there with never get involved in a land war in Asia. So I could see myself butting heads with him.

                              (I'm not sure that asking him to justify why he rewrote the software will be a good interview question either.)

                              In fact, I'd argue that the way to run a good software team is to have good processes in place (coding standards, documentation, testing), facilitate communications between people, and have decent, stable tools. This isn't as sexy as hiring the mythical rockstar programmers (I don't think that I've ever met one), and using a cutting-edge technology stack, but this boring approach will get better results than 90% of development shops out there.

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                              • hajdukH
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                                @Appfaff:

                                Ok, here is a first, and thought other people who have been in similar situation would find it funny….

                                So last week, one of the very well dressed Norwegian gentlemen on the forum requested my help to proxy a pair of ski boots from the US for him. Anytime I can help someone out and deceive the government (customs) at the same time, I am 100% game, so I quickly obliged.

                                Anyways, the Boots were supposed to arrive tomorrow, but arrived today in a menagerie of boxes filled with xmas gifts for the twins that we ordered on Cyber monday, so I didn't even notice they arrived early (and never even second guessed the fact that I had to sign for what I thought was $30 worth of kids puzzles). Anyways, I am at work and my wife calls me furious, and says "Adam, Why the F*** did you buy $XXX Ski Boots for??, you don't even Ski!"

                                I then explained the scenario to her and she quickly accepted by explanation...almost too easily mind you. So note to self, when you proxy something for someone - either explain the scenario to your wife BEFORE the fact, or be more proactive about hiding the box when it arrives.

                                Also, anyone had advice on how to trick norwegian customs about a pair of 12 pound ski boots... haha

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                                Best of luck on this possible new job!!🤞

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                                • AppfaffA
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                                  Thanks @hajduk

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                                  • gaseousclayG
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                                    Went on a tour of a local elementary school that my ex and I are thinking of sending our boy to next Fall. It's a public school so I really had to lower my expectations quite a bit. It wasn't helpful when I took my son to use the bathroom and there were flies present, nor were the huge class sizes encouraging. Academically speaking the school has high ratings so my son should be fine. Can't believe i'm being anal about where my son goes to elementary school, especially after paying for daycare for the last 4.5 yrs.

                                    WTB:
                                    IHSH-129 size L (blue)
                                    IHSH-19

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                                    • steelworkerS
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                                      @gaseousclay:

                                      Went on a tour of a local elementary school that my ex and I are thinking of sending our boy to next Fall. It's a public school so I really had to lower my expectations quite a bit. It wasn't helpful when I took my son to use the bathroom and there were flies present, nor were the huge class sizes encouraging. Academically speaking the school has high ratings so my son should be fine. Can't believe i'm being anal about where my son goes to elementary school, especially after paying for daycare for the last 4.5 yrs.

                                      nothing wrong with being careful about schools, very commendable .

                                      Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                      Well, I have others.

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                                      • AppfaffA
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                                        Yeah, I’m the same way dude. Since we have twins, we pay a crap ton in child care costs right now, but have already agreed to simply take that budget and apply it to the best private school it could pay for.

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                                        • ronaldlshR
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                                          Do you guys think it's possible to find a IHJ-07 in Medium Black? SELL ME, I NEED THOSEEEEE

                                          THE RAW WAR

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                                          > Just going to keep wearing IH.

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                                          • ChrisC
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                                            We just moved to a different city after I got a new job, and we picked where we were going to live almost entirely on which school district we thought would do the best job with our son.  And it's no exaggeration to say we would have scuttled the whole thing if we weren't comfortable with his school.  So I'm with you guys on this one.

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