Re: Whenever the phone rings at work

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On Mar 31, 11:58 am, Zanbar Bone <tin_...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Zanbar Bone wrote:
I just look at it and think, "Fucking fuck off!"

Does that make me bad at my job?

I'm a 'web developer'. I put that in quotes because I'm not a real web
developer. I was supposed to learn all kinds of stuff so I could be
involved in the web application we sell here but I just can't get my
head around the server-side stuff and the lead developer, who is
supposed to train me, is about as approachable as Cujo so I'm stuck
doing HTML/CSS and a bit of DNS/email admin.

You sound like a real web developer to me. But then I thought I was a
real web developer at one time.

The only reason they keep
me on is because I have a knack for CSS and I'm the only one here who
can handle the CSS layouts.

I steered clear of CSS as much as possible. It always seemed such a
pain to get something working and looking good in one browser, then
try it in another browser and either it doesn't work or it looks crap.

I used to get the javascript stuff thrown at me. That's quite a
powerful language, but completely developer-hostile.

The company is too tight-fisted to get a secretary so I have to answer
the phone and deal with cold callers and other assheads who behave as if
all this is important somehow.

Been there, done that. I hated the ones with foreign accents. I'm
hopeless at understanding them - they could have been trying to sell
double glazing or head-hunting me for a dream job and I wouldn't be
able to tell.

"This is my right not to work."

nulab heresy. Everyone must work. Except MPs. And the Royal family.
And MPs' families. etc

Evil Nigel
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