| tiwake | oh hey, woodyPC joined and left... means he is not dead \o/ | 15:57 |
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| Ardonel | tiwake: I saw that | 19:56 |
| Ardonel | tiwake: any update on that job interview? | 20:12 |
| tiwake | not from that place :-/ | 20:22 |
| Ardonel | anything at all? | 20:22 |
| tiwake | Ardonel: I called up another place from a little blurb I found in passing where they wanted a machinist... they called me back a couple times, with a couple emails that went back and forth over the last 2 days | 20:23 |
| Ardonel | promising? | 20:23 |
| tiwake | this one is sounding fairly promising actually | 20:23 |
| tiwake | yeah | 20:23 |
| tiwake | he wants me to fly out there... heh | 20:24 |
| Ardonel | where is there? | 20:24 |
| tiwake | first he wants me to fill out a job application, then we talk about money and other stuff | 20:24 |
| tiwake | http://www.lubbockelectric.com/ | 20:24 |
| tiwake | 80 people work there | 20:25 |
| tiwake | they make their own equipment for agriculture processes, and electric motors | 20:26 |
| Ardonel | Lubbock, TX... home of Texas Tech Red Raiders... | 20:26 |
| tiwake | yeah | 20:26 |
| tiwake | though I don't follow sports at all | 20:26 |
| Ardonel | It's not a huge mega-city, but sometimes those are over-rated... | 20:27 |
| tiwake | what do you mean by that? | 20:27 |
| Ardonel | overly-large cities come with too many people... as in bad traffic... | 20:28 |
| tiwake | oh | 20:28 |
| tiwake | yeah | 20:28 |
| tiwake | I've heard that lubbock has no traffic | 20:29 |
| tiwake | though I'm mostly looking for a place that does not do car emission testing XD | 20:30 |
| tiwake | also, 350k people is a lot for what I'm used to... tillamook city has 6k people in it, and the whole county (one of the largest in oregon) only has 20k people in it | 20:31 |
| Ardonel | The 3 weeks I stayed in Lubbock while working in Levelland were ok as far as traffic goes. | 20:31 |
| tiwake | and it beats bozeman montana by a lot.. heh | 20:31 |
| tiwake | did you rent a house there? | 20:32 |
| Ardonel | No. Company had me in a hotel. | 20:32 |
| Ardonel | corporate rates | 20:32 |
| tiwake | alright | 20:32 |
| tiwake | not sure how much renting a house in the area costs | 20:33 |
| tiwake | typically rent prices follow property/house price, but I have not actually looked | 20:33 |
| Ardonel | I did 6 weeks worth of work in 3 weeks. I worked from before sun up until after the sun went down. My days started at 4:30 a.m. and ended about 10:30 p.m. | 20:34 |
| tiwake | hehe | 20:34 |
| tiwake | doing what? | 20:34 |
| Ardonel | Installing the refrigeration and air/con control wiring inside the Walmart. It's a system called/manufactured by Novar. It hooks air quality sensors to motor controllers in the skylights. It also uses a light sensor on the top of the store to control external and internal store lighting systems. | 20:37 |
| tiwake | ooo fancy | 20:38 |
| Ardonel | It also hooks the fire alarms to the aircon system to shut down a/c in the event of a fire. It measures temperatures in the refrigerated cases and food storage. | 20:38 |
| Ardonel | It also transmits all the above information to Benton-ville, Arkansas, home of Walmart. And it does it all in real time. | 20:39 |
| tiwake | I hope thats all encrypted | 20:40 |
| Ardonel | It's all private frequency, satellite communication. Probably scrambled. | 20:40 |
| tiwake | oh, their own network even, yeah | 20:41 |
| Ardonel | It is also in a format that is only useful to Walmart. Anyone else would see gibberish. | 20:41 |
| Ardonel | and that is what I know about that system from 14 years ago... I imagine it is even fancier now. | 20:43 |
| tiwake | that comment makes me feel young | 20:43 |
| tiwake | lol | 20:47 |
| tiwake | Ardonel: why? do you think I should consider some other place to work at? | 21:17 |
| Ardonel | Was just wondering where you were looking to see how far from WoodyPC and me you were going to be. | 21:18 |
| tiwake | oh heh | 21:18 |
| tiwake | well, I don't personally know anyone in texas, so shrug | 21:19 |
| tiwake | guess I could say I kinda know you | 21:25 |
| Ardonel | and WoodyPC sorta | 21:28 |
| tiwake | oh actually I do know a guy who lives close to amarillo | 21:28 |
| tiwake | met him a few times at a convention on the west coast | 21:28 |
| tiwake | and do internet stuff with him | 21:28 |
| tiwake | hmm | 21:30 |
| tiwake | Ardonel: what should I put down for "expected salary"? | 21:31 |
| Ardonel | put down 'YES'... | 21:31 |
| tiwake | all of the things | 21:31 |
| tiwake | lol | 21:31 |
| Ardonel | unless you are working for free... | 21:31 |
| tiwake | thats what I did for the last two years, free working no more | 21:32 |
| tiwake | because of that I'm completely broke :-/ | 21:33 |
| tiwake | I'm thinking about putting down $18/hour | 21:34 |
| Ardonel | I know nothing about your industry, so I can;t really help on salary negotiations. Sorry. | 21:35 |
| tiwake | heh, I don't know much about that either | 21:36 |
| tiwake | I know what the typical shop makes, and where the expenses are | 21:36 |
| tiwake | but this is a company who makes their own products, so its going to be different | 21:36 |
| tiwake | I'll put down $18/hour, its a reasonable starting place for both of us I think... a larger city where there is more demand might get me $20-$25/hour | 21:38 |
| tiwake | or should I really just put down "yes" like you said? lol | 21:39 |
| Ardonel | brb, dinner | 21:56 |
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