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[freeformschooler]

Super Mario Bros. Crossover 2.0 has been released!

A MILLION TEARS OF JOY WERE CRIED FROM HOPEFUL NECKBEARDIAN EYES.

[Valid_Dark]

you realize that was like 2 years ago, right ?

[freeformschooler]

you realize that was like 2 years ago, right ?

Nope. The date on the site there for some reason says it was about two years ago, but if you actually looked it up you'd realize that's incorrect.

[Trapezohedron]

you realize that was like 2 years ago, right ?

If you mean the crossover, then yes, it was made 2 years ago. The 2.0 update, however, is a new release.

E: Ninja'd

[nenjin]

So my first day on the job was probably the oddest I've ever had.

10am - 11am: Fill out paper work, as per most normal jobs.

11am - 12pm: Try to get an answer about what I should be doing. Someone eventually points me to the company Wiki page, and I start reading the (customer) wiki pages on their software.

12pm - 1pm: Set up about 5 different programs, from chat servers to Tortoise SVN to MySQL to VNC to....some other stuff. I have about 5 sticky notes worth pw and login information now, for everything from the company wiki to our time clock software to our chat network....to a company-wide account where we pay into it for lunch and beer.

Oh yeah, the Keggarator. I heard more about the Keggarator than my actual job today. I even got to sample some of its bounty...on the clock.

1pm - 2pm: Sit in on a conference call with a client who is getting integrated with our software. Proceed to contribute nothing except a doodle on my legal pad, and am amused a bug was exposed during the whole process. I don't feel bad. The VP didn't write anything pertinent down either.

2pm - 3:30pm: Table tennis. Not ping pong, because ping pong is for kids. These guys play freaking table tennis, and I'm ashamed to say my thighs are sore. I'm also ashamed to say that I didn't know dick about tournament rules and serve like a putz.

3:30pm - 5pm: Sit in the office talking with the other tech support guys. More wiki reading. Some recreational web browsing. Listening to the other TS guy handle calls.

I'm still not sure exactly what I'm supposed to be doing right now, and I doubt I'll be more sure tomorrow. This is definitely one of the coolest jobs I think I've ever had....but I think it's also one of the most unnerving. I'm used to structure, training, having people eyeball my every working moment. I'm kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.

[Valid_Dark]

ya I was thinking about the original crossover,

and Nenjin that sounds like an amazing job,  I wish I could have a job that cool

[JoshuaFH]

Oh man, I want to play some Table Tennis, I love it so much. I'm getting rusty being my increasingly lackluster self. I serve like a putz too, but let me tell you, I can loop like a fucking boss.

I wish I lived in an area where it was theoretically possible to find people to play with, with a table and everything.

[MaximumZero]

I must honestly say that I have never played table tennis.

[Sirus]

I want to play foosball (table football/soccer). No one around here has a table.

[Solifuge]

So my first day on the job was probably the oddest I've ever had.
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I'm still not sure exactly what I'm supposed to be doing right now, and I doubt I'll be more sure tomorrow. This is definitely one of the coolest jobs I think I've ever had....but I think it's also one of the most unnerving. I'm used to structure, training, having people eyeball my every working moment. I'm kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Yeah, when I started my last office internship, I felt similarly; suddenly I wasn't being handed tasks to do by my employers, but rather was given a general sense of my duties and some very long-term indefinite tasks, which I had to plan out, organize, acquire the tools and staff for, and complete on my own schedule. It was a huge shift from the stuff I had done before, and ignoring that it was a soul-sucking hellhole filled with husks of things that were once people, it was pretty cool.

[Putnam]

2pm - 3:30pm: Table tennis. Not ping pong, because ping pong is for kids. These guys play freaking table tennis, and I'm ashamed to say my thighs are sore. I'm also ashamed to say that I didn't know dick about tournament rules and serve like a putz.

Does your workplace have any sort of orange couch somewhere, of any sort?

[JoshuaFH]

I must honestly say that I have never played table tennis.

It's the most fun Max. People of all sizes and dispositions can play and get really good at it.

The physical exertion is good for the soul, and the camaraderie between player and opponent is amazing.

I really do miss it, I cried a little the other day cause I was reminded of my Ping Pong buddy and I felt ashamed to be cooped up in my home wasting away my skills.

[Max White]

I can honestly say, I hate table tennis.
People of all sizes and dispositions can play and get really good at it, except me, being blind in one eye and having no depth perception there is no fucking way I can keep up with that tiny ball even at slow speeds. No game on earth is more isolating than table tennis if you can't play, because everybody can play table tennis.

[nenjin]

That's unfortunate. Even paddling the ball back and forth tamely is pretty amusing.

Does your workplace have any sort of orange couch somewhere, of any sort?

I know, right? None that I've found yet.

Yeah, when I started my last office internship, I felt similarly; suddenly I wasn't being handed tasks to do by my employers, but rather was given a general sense of my duties and some very long-term indefinite tasks, which I had to plan out, organize, acquire the tools and staff for, and complete on my own schedule. It was a huge shift from the stuff I had done before, and ignoring that it was a soul-sucking hellhole filled with husks of things that were once people, it was pretty cool.

I guess it's the difference between a job and a career. Although I've been told the company culture here is exceptionally loose, on top of that. I've basically been told I can carve out a niche here but the digging is all on me. So all the fun I see is kind of like....nice...maybe in 6 months when I feel comfortable and feel like I've met expectations.

[Duke 2.0]

 Sounds kinda like my old sushi job. They just sorta showed me the clothes I should wear, wash your hands before entering the food prep area, this is how you operate this machine, alright let's make some sushi.

 "Shouldn't I get some training on hygiene and food prep safety?"
 "Oh, yeah, you probably should get that training. Whatever day you are free we can call up the training lady."

 I never got training, just advice from the other preparers there. We even got to eat some leftover ingredients as a meal at the end of the day because they couldn't use them anymore.