mikebirty
Mike Birtwistle
mikebirty

I have always answered this with 'I used to be.....' and then explain how I identified it and fixed it. 'I used to be a poor finisher but then I identified it and did this and that to fix it and make sure I improved'

We had a new starter 12 months ago and knowing that my boss doesn't exactly have the skills to do all of this I dragged myself in when I should've been at home with the flu. It's quite reaffirming to know that I followed most of these.

Remember when Microsoft gave us all free upgrades all the way from windows 95 to windows 8?

i should add that most of that twenty minutes was either spent trying to find a bucket to catch the water or find the stop tap.

i went to turn the water line off when I moved a washing machine. It didn't stop the water. Nothing stopped the water. Nothing. For twenty minutes. Ended up putting the house back on and clamping it to stop the water

Main skill would be to be able to understand requirements, identify them and be able to nurture ideas that can be used to make a piece of software from a simple thing that does the job to something that exceeds expectations

I'm getting a Prius and it suggested a Tesla. Pretty good so far

Under Armour and similar cold weather skins are wonderful. Sometimes I try and think how I managed without them

Ah yes, but does he work in an office where when we were using our new single sign on and it said "tap your badge" people sat there banging their finger against their ID badge

I'm on the second iteration of my app and it was painful. I have found that it's I much 80:20. I probably spent the first 80% of the time doing the first 20% of the app. Then the rest just flew.

what about the lizards ruling the world? Or are you not mentioning it because you're one of the sheeple?

gym but when not in the gym, I never wear my work clothes for more than few minutes after getting in

That's nothing!!!

SRIRACHA

I work at a cricket ground and we had a game that was supposed to last one day with a reserve day in case it rained. There was no play on either day and in a strange twist the governing body allowed a third day. After having to take emergency leave and on the way to the ground for the third day I was using it and a

i do wonder how much of this would be better with unionised representation /SocialistSoapbox

as a British public sector worker, where everyone has a pay grade and a band they are employed to, I can't understand how this sort of thing goes on. Your job description says this, that's worth this, you get it no matter where you are in the country. Doesn't matter who you are.

how do you track your workout progress Mike? Glad you asked. I use the app I wrote

took me hours to perfect the swipe to unlock and then i forgot how to do it. so I ended up doing swipe 10 10 10 1000, opening the notification bar, selecting an app, hitting home etc....

FFS! I've spent two weeks using ADB to get to helium to back up and back up the app I wrote because I couldn't be bothered to store the data in the cloud.