December 07, 2004
Job searches

This morning, as I was paying my bills, I came up with a whole list of annoyances with the bill payment system my bank uses. I'm pretty sure it's their own custom software, and well, it sucks. So i thought of writing them an email listing all the little things (like say, adding a payee should not be a 10-step process) that annoyed me.. then it occurred to me.

That's a Java-based website.

I'm a Java programmer.

I'm looking for work.

They're based in Connecticut.

hey..

But how exactly do you do that? "Excuse me, your website sucks, I could fix it, hire me!"

Speaking of job searches, I went on one whole job interview so far, they offered me a position (and it's a good one) provided they can find me a project to work on within the big company they work for. So.. it's a "maybe" job. Maybe I'll have a job, maybe I won't. I do keep my fingers crossed.. if they have room at the office near me, it's less than two miles away, the pay rate they offered me is pretty good and their benefits are excellent.

Posted December 07, 2004 08:59 AM in Personal
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On December 7, 2004 09:37 AM Derek added:

I think you do *exactly* that. You contact the bank's administrative offices, ask for the "IT Director's Office" (you'll either get someone with that title, or who the receptionist usually routes those calls to), and explain the situation.

You might be surprised. What's the worst they can say, "no"?

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On December 7, 2004 11:38 AM Kasia added:

hi !! i am in poland !! i am kasia !! :-)

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On December 7, 2004 11:39 AM Tom added:

"I think you do *exactly* that." Seconded. (Derek, you beat me to it!) Show them how it sucks and how you can fix it.. in a business-like manner, of course...

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On December 7, 2004 12:43 PM Jeremy added:

Interesting... I'd recommend avoiding the job where they'd need to find you a project to work on once they've hired you. I landed a position once where they promised the same thing and ended up sitting at the office doing nothing and not getting paid (they paid employees by the billable hour). Ironically, that company got folded into another company not long after that, but for almost three months, the company that hired me didn't have enough business to justify the number of employees they had. I ended up quitting within one month of getting that job.

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On December 7, 2004 04:18 PM kasia added:

yeah so guess what i google my name like i always do hoping i find some little tidbit about myself somewhere out there in the universe i find your website very cool im like so too chicken for that u sound totally cool and normal thank god your not another kasia that gets naked yeah i found some

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On December 7, 2004 04:21 PM kasia added:

yeah i just posted the message above kasias out there email me

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On December 7, 2004 04:22 PM kasia added:

sorry my email mayakika@hellokitty.com

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On December 7, 2004 06:27 PM Lynne added:

Bank websites are the worst. My bank requires me to type in my SS # as a user name to log in; this bothers me. If a payee changes address, I can't simply go in and edit, I have to delete the payee and then create new payee.

Richmond county savings bank - how about you ask them for a job and fix their website please.

Better still, why don't you come up with a whole new ultra secure website and sell it to all the banks? :)

Good luck on the job hunting.

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On December 7, 2004 10:33 PM Dave added:

Once they found out you're a flaming liberal then they'd can you, because liberals and other peoples' money is a very very bad combination.

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On December 8, 2004 12:17 AM Stewart Vardaman added:

I'll third it. Show up in person and ask for five minutes. If their IT folk are as strained as things in my neck of the woods are, you might pick up some temp work.

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On December 9, 2004 04:52 AM Daniel added:

I'll 'kinda' fourth it. A polite complaint about something broken, backed with technical details, and a small PS at the end claiming that you're looking for a job and you can help.
That's exactly what I did back in 1999, and got my first job straight out of Uni. During the interview the CEO and Technical Director thought it was an 'amusing' way to apply, and it obviously did the trick ;)
Of course, that was during the dot com boom... ence the 'kinda' at the beginning of this comment.

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On December 13, 2004 05:18 PM dave added:

Dave (the other one) said:

"Once they found out you're a flaming liberal then they'd can you, because liberals and other peoples' money is a very very bad combination."

Why exactly do you spend time reading this blog, Dave?


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On December 15, 2004 02:58 AM Dave added:

I read it for comedy. And to have fun by debunking liberals, which is like shooting fish in a barrel.

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