tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post7319211103535356143..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: It's On AgainBuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-55717036796215722152011-03-29T12:34:00.902-06:002011-03-29T12:34:00.902-06:00Deb: I had a big-ass collection of hair bands bac...Deb: I had a big-ass collection of hair bands back in the day. I absolutely NEEDED them for riding around with the top down. <b>;-)</b><br /><br />Dan: That's a great polyester line!<br /><br />Sharon: Thank ya, Ma'am!Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-44082543542914878162011-03-29T10:40:35.858-06:002011-03-29T10:40:35.858-06:00Love the long hair, Buck!Love the long hair, Buck!Towandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245494480579308875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-20175968501970721952011-03-29T08:25:25.406-06:002011-03-29T08:25:25.406-06:00My standard daily working outfit: Shorts, Hawaiian...My standard daily working outfit: Shorts, Hawaiian Shirt, Tennis Shoes. Even in Winter (Who can think with a tie cutting off the blood flow to your brain?). Life's too short, and if my management team wore polyester pants, then their brains would get no air.Danohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02477455161050442125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-63007792767251521092011-03-28T18:45:41.702-06:002011-03-28T18:45:41.702-06:00I'm pretty sure I've got a pack of braid-b...I'm pretty sure I've got a pack of braid-binders in the office that can take care of that hair for ya.<br />I used to be able to take my dogs to work with me. Because I had 3 at the time, I'd rotate them durng the week. Worked out pretty well. Yes there were 'moments' but not too many. I miss that.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03989290418471519434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-48349537561919242542011-03-28T12:01:27.795-06:002011-03-28T12:01:27.795-06:00Thanks, Red. There are times I wish I'd have ...Thanks, Red. There are times I wish I'd have stuck around in the biz for a few more years, yanno? But those moments are VERY fleeting, thank The Deity At Hand. <b>;-)</b>Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-48705508897261330032011-03-28T11:33:18.118-06:002011-03-28T11:33:18.118-06:00How things have changed: computers, monitors, phon...How things have changed: computers, monitors, phones...haircuts. Your hair does look like it could be from the Old West...or the New West.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-71126134592733758192011-03-28T10:20:02.995-06:002011-03-28T10:20:02.995-06:00Anon: Custer. Heh. ;-)Anon: Custer. Heh. <b>;-)</b>Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-52835694782911484722011-03-28T10:19:28.847-06:002011-03-28T10:19:28.847-06:00Alison: I think booms are good for everyone, no m...Alison: I think booms are good for everyone, no matter where they live. There is a downside, tho... real estate values sometimes spike upwards to unsustainable levels.<br /><br />Matt: It was kinda crazy in SFO back then, at least in the IT world. I don't think ya missed a whole helluva lot, actually.<br /><br />Kris: Thanks for the first, as as for the second... The ONLY two people who had hard-wall offices in the company were the CEO and CFO. Everyone else... VPs, directors, managers, wage-slaves... sat in those damned low-wall cubes. You're right: they sucked.<br /><br />Jim: I actually DID wait quite a while before I wore long hair: 14 years. EDS had a strict short-hair dress code.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-20422194923259062082011-03-28T09:27:48.193-06:002011-03-28T09:27:48.193-06:00Damn, Buck. You wasted no time ditching the milita...Damn, Buck. You wasted no time ditching the military haircut, did you? Looks damn good on you, by the way. Sort of a old west gunslinger look.Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-52613627423063076522011-03-28T07:41:39.082-06:002011-03-28T07:41:39.082-06:00I guess you were going for the General Custer look...I guess you were going for the General Custer look. ;) Of course not the era of Little Big Horn though...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-67598371560632968952011-03-28T07:17:34.601-06:002011-03-28T07:17:34.601-06:00That kind of smug, self-satisfied look is - sexy. ...That kind of smug, self-satisfied look is - sexy. Shows a man confident and comfortable with who he is.<br /><br />Ain't nuthin wrong with that.<br /><br />I've worked the fortune 100 corporate america cubicle-farm for a very long time now. And the one thing I hated more than anything else in the farm? Those low cubicle walls. Damned irritating things. We don't have any of those where I am now - and thank the maker for it.Kris, in New Englandhttp://www.noodlingonit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-23575312138192549292011-03-28T06:43:24.012-06:002011-03-28T06:43:24.012-06:002000 was right when I entered corporate America fr...2000 was right when I entered corporate America from installing HVAC, and I think I'm all the better for it. Everyone was impacted by the dot bomb in some fashion or another. I think had I been a part of those who reaped the benefits, I'd be pretty disenfranchised even still to settle for what I've got now. Having never known it, I think I'm pretty comfortable.Matt Conlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616567498642991754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-5256614252736370172011-03-28T03:41:17.359-06:002011-03-28T03:41:17.359-06:00Very interesting stuff Buck. There is a hmassive t...Very interesting stuff Buck. There is a hmassive tech boom ongoing in East London at the moment. Good for us as we live there I guessalisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-1941049358326229812011-03-27T16:06:52.700-06:002011-03-27T16:06:52.700-06:00Moogie: I took my dogs to work from time to time,...Moogie: I took my dogs to work from time to time, too, and I also had to perform minor clean-up operations. Funny, that!<br /><br />Lou: I like that pic, too... not to toot my own horn or anything. It just brings back some fond memories.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-53144730159408462682011-03-27T16:03:07.898-06:002011-03-27T16:03:07.898-06:00From the pic, doesn't seem you took advantage ...From the pic, doesn't seem you took advantage of the free hair cuts. Actually I like that pic of you - quite pleased with yourself.<br /><br />Moogie, <br />my husband took the rat terrier to work with him. The dog wandered off and got lost in the cubicles. Toby found him when he started howling.Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-22006746466541215042011-03-27T15:47:59.357-06:002011-03-27T15:47:59.357-06:00Flowing locks!
I like the idea of taking your dog...Flowing locks!<br /><br />I like the idea of taking your dog to work, though. Maybe. One time Pepper took Bouie to his office on the 22nd floor on a Sunday. The elevator experience must've unnerved the pup because he proceeded to "water" the first potted plant he encountered. Shhh.don't tell anyone!Moogie Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05665429537064900337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-67109725992277751402011-03-27T15:15:55.284-06:002011-03-27T15:15:55.284-06:00Heh.
Lots to comment on your comment. To begin w...Heh.<br /><br />Lots to comment on your comment. To begin with... I waxed and waned periodically on the dress code thang. On the one hand, I loved the fact ol' Ross had some serious standards in place at EDS when I hired on (suits & ties for the men, and only dresses for the wimmen). The suit and tie thang is also cheaper than "corporate casual," by FAR. I learned that the hard way when EDS went that way in the mid-90s. OTOH, there was an "anything goes, as long as it's clean" culture in place at the start-up I worked at. I literally saw shorts and flip-flops at work every damned day. But you get used to that. I was a "levis and sweater" sort, but upgraded to CorpCasual when I knew I'd be having clients in -- The Management has to look that way; that much is STILL expected, even in SFO.<br /><br />As for the rest... I was pleasantly surprised at the general professionalism of everyone at that start-up. I worked with some seriously smart and creative people there and don't regret the experience at all.<br /><br />And yeah... there weren't any free haircuts at my company. So I saved quite a bit of money while I was there. <b>;-)</b>Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-21613132563374504312011-03-27T15:03:22.471-06:002011-03-27T15:03:22.471-06:00Actually, the great thing about that NYT piece is ...Actually, the great thing about that NYT piece is the characterization of Startups-As-Nursery-School, which is why I avoided those places like the plague. Got a job for me? Tell me what it is, and if I do it, pay me.<br /><br />I don't wanna be graded on Plays Well With Others. I expect (unreasonably, apparently) to be treated as an adult, and in return (or first, actually) I'll treat everybody else as an adult - and if they're committed to being a child, they're probly not gonna like it much. <br /><br />Let's pretend to be grown-ups for 8 hours a day, and do business and make some money. I don't mind dressing up for work, since I'd have no other opportunity - and short pants and Hawaiian shirts would never be acceptable in an office. And I don't have any use for Dockers and Bananary Public togs, so if I haveta buy clothes for work I'd rather they looked better.<br /><br />Have potlucks on your own time, and no, I don't care about what you watch on TV, either. In return, I won't try to explain my own weird life to you at work.<br /><br />All of which, <em>sans doute</em>, adequately describes why I was such a poor prospect for corporate life, and why I viewed the hip-startup-it's-not-like-work world as essentially <em>The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit</em> with different uniforms.<br /><br />/rantoff<br /><br />Oh yeah....<br />Guess you didn't take 'em up on the free haircuts, huh?Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-83678148967771297472011-03-27T14:12:13.918-06:002011-03-27T14:12:13.918-06:00Well, that was nearly 11 years ago, Virg. Flat-pa...Well, that was nearly 11 years ago, Virg. Flat-panel monitors had just barely hit the market then. I did get a big-ass Sun 24-inch workstation monitor shortly after that pic was taken...Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-24146435903785596082011-03-27T14:08:53.128-06:002011-03-27T14:08:53.128-06:00Just LUUUVV that hi-tech equip surrounding you, Bu...Just LUUUVV that hi-tech equip surrounding you, Buck. LOL. As they say, their are only TWO kinds of computers: Experimental & obsolete..virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509453343705968903noreply@blogger.com