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Author Topic: Hi... I am a geek or so I like to think  (Read 2020 times)

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Hi... I am a geek or so I like to think
« on: September 14, 2009, 09:24:29 PM »
Hi.  This really does feel like Geeks Anonymous and I am super excited that this little textbox has spell check for me but mildly disappointed that it doesn't believe textbox is a real word.  As you may (or may not) have noticed I am a self proclaimed geek.  I tend to believe all of my computer engineering friends can't help but agree with me. 

So here is my deal... I am a Computer Engineer. Graduated college in Dec 2007 so that either makes me young or someone crazy enough to go back to school and pick engineering.  That is for you to decide or for me to tell you in about 10 minutes if you ask. I work in the Tools group of a software company.  I <3 my job.  I try to write C# code all day but sometimes I get the pleasure of playing in a little perl and setting up some SVN servers. 

If you are curious how I got here... I was bored sitting on my laptop at roughly 10:20pm roaming an old forum I used to frequent but now has died a bit.  I then decided hmm maybe I can find a new forum and took the obvious solution of typing 'geek forums' in the little google search box and well I was feeling pretty lucky and took the first result.  I hope this post was geeky enough for you and now to roam the rest of this place...
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Re: Hi... I am a geek or so I like to think
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2009, 09:28:32 PM »
Works for me. Welcome.
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Re: Hi... I am a geek or so I like to think
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2009, 09:37:51 PM »
Thanks! :)

Can you tell I am pretty bored this evening?
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Re: Hi... I am a geek or so I like to think
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2009, 09:58:01 PM »
You'll find that this board gets most busy when we're bored... at work.  M-F 9a-5p East Coast Time seems to be the most active times.
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Re: Hi... I am a geek or so I like to think
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2009, 09:59:37 PM »
Well I work M-F 7:30-4... but I can't say that I will have an opportunity to roam the forums at those hours... work tends to keep me busy. But when I am home at 4:30 I will take every opportunity to harass you guys for being at work!
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Re: Hi... I am a geek or so I like to think
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2009, 10:03:43 PM »
I love when I'm that busy.  Lately it's been like that more frequent than not.

I'm a code monkey for a marketing research company.  I sling some C# when I get the chance.  Mostly it's classic ASP and MS Office, though.
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Re: Hi... I am a geek or so I like to think
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2009, 10:17:01 PM »
Thank you for now getting the following song stuck in my head: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/music/thingaweek/CodeMonkey.mp3
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Re: Hi... I am a geek or so I like to think
« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2009, 11:48:31 AM »
I wasn't really bored a moment ago, but then I began typing this and started getting a little bit bored, and now, at this point, I'm just TOTALLY bored.
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Re: Hi... I am a geek or so I like to think
« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2009, 04:01:26 PM »
I'm sorry is that my fault?  :slap
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Re: Hi... I am a geek or so I like to think
« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2009, 04:22:41 PM »
Nope, self-inflicted boredom. My bad.
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Re: Hi... I am a geek or so I like to think
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2009, 04:46:31 PM »
Quote from: reverb on September 15, 2009, 04:01:26 PM
I'm sorry is that my fault?  :slap

If ivan thinks you're boring, he'll TELL you you're boring.
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Re: Hi... I am a geek or so I like to think
« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2009, 09:01:34 PM »
Quote from: Demosthenes on September 15, 2009, 04:46:31 PM
If ivan thinks you're boring, he'll TELL you you're boring.

Good to know... Now I just need to wait until I bore Ivan and entertain myself with harassing him afterward.
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