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I'll pull this in a week or so, since it serves no value to the forum. As always, my appreciation for this forum goes beyond words.
The outfit I've been working with has a new corporate parent, and the process of rearranging the management is underway. Marketing and Engineering were the first to be
reshuffled, and this week they got around to Quality Assurance.
I had a good run (4.5 years), can't complain.
So I'm a free agent, looking for a new team to play for. Not locked into just doing QA - I'm open to other opportunities as long as I'm helping the outfit improve.
Resume available on request, I'm on LinkedIn as Norman Lutes.
Thanks for reading.
Well bust my crackers, maybe they do?
https://www.youtube...watch?v=PIM75j53k4g
[RayfordSteele, Mar 09 2018]
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Good luck man. You're a smart dude, you'll reel in a good
position. |
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As far as moving on, here in Silicon Valley if you work at a
company for more than a few years you get a rep for
being
un-ambitious. If you're a long term company man people
say
"Five years at the same company? What's the matter with
you?" |
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There might be some logic to that. |
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Hey, [norm] - you have my sympathies, and I hope
something good happens soon. |
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But... what about birdstrike?
sorry
<hangs head in shame> |
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I appreciate your bringing that up ['fries] - I was loath to do it but it needed to be done. |
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I'm having some cards made up - now I'll have to resist having a " Birdstrike Consulting " logo created. |
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Sounds like a good opportunity for a pay raise
somehow. |
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Birds don’t ride trikes. What a silly notion. |
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Good luck. I've never understood how people get these "job"
things. |
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best wishes [norm]
(also, as an aside, that
thing about looking unambitious if you don't move
jobs every 2 years really annoys me - it may be true,
but it assumes being unambitious is a fault. In fact
all organisations need people who stay put and are
really good at their jobs) |
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<High Fives normzone>
Congratulations on your freedom norm. I recently got notice of my own impending freedom too. Onward & upward, eh? |
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No unrealized inklings,those back of the mind dreams? The chance is here to make that massive leap into the unknown. |
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Anyway, whatever the path, I hope your choices lend to a richer deeper life experience. |
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There are three Norman Lutes on Linkedin. |
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[bigsleep], do you get any joy from freelancer.com, or similar? I've
not tried them myself, but I'm curious. |
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After over a month without contact from them,
apparently I'm still in the running for the job I want
the most. (automotive battery engineer) |
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Update: they still need to get the CEO to create the
req. |
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But I'm now off the market. Keep your chin up,
norm. |
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" There are three Norman Lutes on Linkedin.
— Voice, Mar 06 2018 " |
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It shows three when you search for me, but that's just my one account being reflected in three different mirrors per the Linkedin software. |
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As for the moving jobs every couple of years, sometimes that applies (rapidly changing fields), other times less so (stable outfits and fields, plenty of work to be done and fiscal incentives). |
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Leave production, and, god save you, no more of QA or
customer responsiveness. |
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I mean 'people with problems' ... blearrrgh ... keep them as
references. |
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Good luck, for sure. May your day come quickly. |
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I don't know if I could do a different trade without some serious rehab - If I became a bartender, I'd forever be hunting for the root cause(s) of each spilled drink, and working to make the rocks glass more stable. |
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Waiting too long for a drink? Unacceptable - let's lean that process out. |
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Automotive is generally hiring engineering talent. Are you
open to moving? |
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I'm open to the possibility - in my QA geek forums, my colleagues who complain the loudest are in automotive (IATF something-or-other), as opposed to aerospace AS9100 or medical 13485. |
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I wager headlines like " recalls fifteen million cars " come with some traceability and supplier control baggage. |
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There’s always advanced quality, supplier quality, and
quality in the supply base as well. |
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Want me to send you some headhunters? |
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Happy early, semi/unplanned retirement. |
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After a spell of consulting and debauchery, I am on deck to straighten out one of my consulting clients as a regular full time employee. |
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Now if I can only remember how to delete this idea ... |
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Hey, congratulations [norm]! |
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No need to take this down, just change the title to
"Process For Normzone
Getting A New Job". |
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Yay for you, Norm. And hopefully all those others who were
about to lose their gig too, back then. Ya'll should have
formed a large boyband or something. |
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Did you just assume their gender?... they could be the HalfSpice Girls. |
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Its possible to form a band without performing in it. |
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Please forgive my error in judgement, fries. I stand
corrected. (Boy/girl band). There, happy now? Wait, how do
you know they're Spicey? They could be bland, for that
matter. Hahaha |
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" Ya'll should have formed a large boyband or something — blissmiss " |
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We did, we're still working in the studio. |
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" Its possible to form a band without performing in it. - pocmloc " |
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That's why we're still in the studio. |
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I hear 8th is always looking for a lab assistant... |
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I think that's spelled l-a-b r-a-t. |
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I have since formed a Devo tribute band, here in the city of Escondido - we are called "EsconDevo". |
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I lack the discipline to learn songs at this writing, so we will not be performing. |
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Well, appropriate enough because DEVO doesn't
perform anymore either. As far as I know. |
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Lip sync and air guitar. You got this. |
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And as somebody who used to make his living touring
the world playing an instrument and singing for a
living in his youth, DEVO songs can be learned and
played on day 1 of picking up an instrument. That's
part of their charm. |
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DEVO songs make AC/CD songs look like Bach fugues. |
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Doctor, are you a famous musician celebrity hanging out here?
Are we your groupies? just kidding. |
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Norm, good to see you. I like 21's idea. |
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I'm a "famous" former musician. Still get royalty
checks though. Fan mail and even the occasional
present now and then too. |
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But I'm the groupie here. (platonic relationship of
course) |
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//I like 21's idea.// Agreed, I'd totally pay to see
your DEVO lip syncing band. I also went to bun this
and see that I already had. |
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// I'll pull this in a week or so, since it serves no value // |
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Whatever for? I mean, isn't that why we're all here? You should put in for a
raise and a corner office. Well done, carry on. Bun. |
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::wanders away, confused at being confused :: |
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I also remember being confused about bunning or
boning this. Brother was out of work, my bun was a
celebration, a vote of encouragement, could it be
taken as a "Ha ha! Sucks to be you!"? |
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Damn you bun/bone dilemma! How many days have I
gone without sleep because of you! |
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(( This space reserved for witty comeback by [8th] when he finishes
solving all the world's problems with [Max] and deigns to look back here )) |
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My God, after looking for Ukrainian-American musicians in Wikipedia, I've just realized that [Doc] is either Michael Bolton or Bob Dylan! Maybe we should just give him Office Space. |
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Just making it all up 4. I'm a milk man from
Nebraska.
Been doing it all my life. Most boring life you've ever
heard of. |
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Oh, except one time I saw a blimp. |
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LOL! Oh boy, a1 remembers my bullshit. Sigh. |
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I really would love to have a hot dog stand though.
I'm not being silly. Don't think "Doctorremulac3's
Curiously Flavor Infused "Hot Dogs" ? would be very
popular though. |
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Doctorremulac3's Dogs of Heat? Hmm. Sounds like
dogs IN heat. Not
super appetizing. Gonna let that dream go I think. |
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Well, I'm just gettin' started, but I have room to
grow. |
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//[Doc] is either Michael Bolton or Bob Dylan! // |
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Huh... I had him pegged as more of a Sammy Hagar in my head.
Either way, he's no Nana Mouskouri. |
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Ronnie Montrose offered me the gig to replace
Sammy Hagar in the Montrose reunion band. I
turned it down and was glad I did. I went to see a
show and afterwards backstage I talked to the guy
who took the job. When I asked how it was he said
"I listen to assholes screaming "WHERE'S SAMMY!"
all night, every night." I had a development deal
on the table from Capital records at the time that I
was considering so I had my eyes on bigger things
anyway. |
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This is all made up stuff though. One thing that's
NOT a lie though is that indeed, I am no Nan
Mouskouri. That part is true. |
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Possibly true, possibly false, the first concert I
ever went to was Montrose. My dad drove me as I
was just a kid. I remember looking at the beautiful
woman, Ronnie's girlfriend, perched on the edge of
backstage so everybody could see her. She was so
beautiful it was like beams of light were radiating
from here. Then I looked at Ronnie, then I looked
at her and did the math. Ronnie wasn't a bad
looking guy I guess, but the message was clear, this
gal was a goddess, guitars get you chicks. That
revelation changed my life. |
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And in my lie, I can say that many years later,
when I stood in the living room of the little hovel I
used to live in playing and singing Rock Candy, a
song I had watched that night, only this time with
Ronnie
Montrose right there on guitar jamming with me,
(one of my favorite songs so I could absolutely tear
it up) it was a bit like a dream. By the way, back to
my first concert experience, Sammy had already
went on to start his solo career at that point so it
was another guy doing his part at the show that
night. I remember thinking "Hey, I bet I could do
that!". |
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Be nice if that was true eh? |
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Ronnie is also featured as a guest on one of my
songs. And to continue my farce, although I never
met Sammy, a buddy of mine who worked with him
said he was one of the coolest guys he ever met.
They got to talking about wine, Sammy was a big
vino expert, (started a multi million dollar tequila
company many years later) and next day he
brought a multi thousand dollar bottle of wine to
the studio and gave it to him. |
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That's a lie too. This whole statement is actually
full of lies, but THAT statement is true. |
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Oops! Light changed, gotta get this milk delivered. |
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Well... so far my biggest brush with fame is having the one-hit-wonder guy from Idol Eyes who sang Tokyo Rose stay here for a while.
I'm sure if I actually knew who you were I'd be fan-boy gushing all over myself to ingratiate myself to remain in your good books in hopes of an autograph...
...or I wouldn't care less and just carry on as normal. |
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You couldn't pay me enough to want to be famous. |
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Weird thing is, I don't even understand myself why that is. it's just my bent.
You just couldn't. |
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Heh, by all means try to though... |
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I've thought about what constitutes fame a lot and
I'm definitely not famous, not even close. Famous
is being featured on the general news when you
die, it's that simple. Gilbert Gottfried is famous. |
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But if I were to grovel before the golden idol of
acclaim it would be with this story that's based on
something that may or may not even be true.
(seriously now) The
A&R person for Queen told me Freddie Mercury
was a a big fan of my music. Freddie Mercury was
my hero and when I think about that, even now I
get a bit
emotional, but to this day I have no verification
that was even true, other than why would that
person lie to me? They didn't have anything to
gain, seems like a weird thing to say to somebody
unprompted and out of the blue. (Yes, they were
definitely the A&R person for Queen, it was at a
get together at the offices of Queen's record
label.)
Part of me doesn't even want to explore that
because
what if one of the most beautiful things that ever
happened to me never actually happened? I leave
that in the twilight between reality and dreams. |
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I sometimes contemplate looking for help getting work here. Then I realize that I'm not popular due to speaking my mind. |
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Well, voice your opinion, right or wrong, take the blows that
come from doing so and consider yourself lucky you live in a
country where there's still some remnants of freedom of
speech. |
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That's my two cents anyway. |
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And for whatever it's worth I like you V. |
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Not original, can't remember the source: |
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- So, Mr [v], what would you say was your greatest strength?
- Honesty, and speaking my mind.
- Excellent, I think that is very admirable.
- I don't give a shit what you think. |
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//Then I realize that I'm not popular due to speaking my
mind.// |
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You're fine; as the tagline reminds us, it's Not the Happy
Cuddle Club. |
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Now drink up your scotch, and don't forget to hydrate before
you go to bed. We can bicker again another day. |
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It's the Cappy Huddle Club. Cappy meaning like "capping on
somebody". Somebody? Anybody? How'd those crickets get in
here? |
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If Farrokh Bulsara says he digs your stuff that's a pretty massive kudo dude.
If whomever told you this didn't have an ulterior motive, even just lifting your spirits that day because you seemed glum, then I think you're safe to assume that what you were told was true. |
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Didn't know the A&R guy, he was introduced to me
by my A&R person as the A&R guy for Queen. I was
in a great mood,
probably drunk (I was most of the time back then)
and it was just a party environment, everybody
was having fun. |
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Thought about it a lot (too much) if he WAS making
it up, what a weird blend of kindness and evil eh?
The L.A.music industry is very small, everybody
knows
each other. My manager would take me aside and
give me the skinny (and gossip) on everybody in
the room. I think if you got a reputation for being
a bullshitter like that to others in the industry it
wouldn't go down too well. |
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But I'll never know for sure. Happy to leave it that
way. |
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Dee Snider is also Ukrainian. "By 1994 Snider had, by his own admission, 'lost every penny I made. I was riding a bicycle to a desk job for $200 a week answering phones in an office'." |
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Eh, gettin' bored talking about myself. Let's hear somebody
else's life stories. I'm boring. |
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I find self-proclaimed boring people so fascinating! Do tell us all in great detail how and why you consider yourself boring! |
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Actually I take back the boring comment. I did see
that blimp once. |
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I have no interest in blimps whatsoever, sorry. |
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Anyone here want to talk about having dirt on their shoes? When did you last hoover the hall floor? No? Maybe I'll go and comb my hair again. |
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C'mon man, zeppelins are the single coolest things
ever. Basically a flying skyscraper. |
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And keep in mind, these things were flying when
people were driving Model Ts. |
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I think you're just jealous because I saw that
blimp. That's why everybody calls me "That blimp
guy". Yes, I weigh a little over 400 pounds but I'm
pretty sure they're referring to my main
accomplishment in life, seeing a blimp. (Although
it's weird how they know about that. Guess word
got around.) |
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