Are you installing Windows 8? If so, definitely as the OS is designed to use SSD out of the box. I run a 60Gb SSD with Win8 and have XCom & Civ 5 installed on the SSD, other Steam games are on D:.
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Are you installing Windows 8? If so, definitely as the OS is designed to use SSD out of the box. I run a 60Gb SSD with Win8 and have XCom & Civ 5 installed on the SSD, other Steam games are on D:.
I'm glad he did it. Let it forever be a stain on your reputation for using those words.
donkey show
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What exactly do you want to do?
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Whaaat? I thought there was a ticket system getting implemented that was going to help you get a raise, given that it would show that you pull way more than your fair share of weight? That's the last I heard anyway. If you've really given the job more than your fair share then they are fools for not rewarding you properly.
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
Dont leave till you find one, or you'll probably fuck yourself
I didnt use it in the deprprpepepepdpe le le el 9gag way
stfu
I have no idea, actually. Probably best to figure that out.
Things are pushing forward slowly, but there's a LOT of pressure on me to basically reform the whole warehouse and turn it into an efficient machine, but I'm not being given the time or resources to do that.
That's the warehouse side of things, in the IT engineering side of things I'm being given absolutely nothing in the way of test equipment and they're expecting me to get familiar with VMWARE, MS Server 2003/2008, various tools we use like Dell KACE, ImageDirect 3, blah blah, blah - but they're expecting me to do it in my own time and without any kind of access to the work systems from home.
On top of that, when I talk about looking at a raise from £16.5k, I get laughed out of the meeting.
Blech, maybe I just need some time to cool off
fight me irl
bobs...onGaf
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I HATED TurnItIn, website seemed so ancient and would always make my work look like shit.
Its far easier to get another job if you are already employed, so dont quit. IT is also a fields where there are literally a ton of IT recruiters who do nothing but keyword search for CV's. Update your CV with all the keywords of software and hardware you use and throw that CV on literally every website that will accept it, before long recruiters will be phoning you up.
What...seriously? Then bail the fuck out of there. Clearly they think you're a joke.
this! this! this! this!
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Owwwwwwww! What you say in this case is "well fuck ya then". As a last resort it could be a powerful negotiating position. Piss off for a week and see what happens?
This is one of the few instance where living with your folks and not having bills to pay counts as 'lucky'. You totally have options.
Jedeye Sniv
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....wait, are you bobs99? Dammit people stop changing your names even to subtly different ones!
bobs...onGaf
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The problem is though... there are literally a dozen more people willing to be abused and take his place, unless he has an intimate knowledge of how stuff works there... its unlikely this approach will work.
Best to just use work time to learn the IT stuff they want you to use, which will get you a better job.
Hot Coldman
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Deaf Spacker
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No I'll be using Windows 7, I wasn't going to use the SSD as a system drive but now I'm thinking that I should.
runlikehell
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To jump on the bandwagon from last page, I got my uni exam timetable the other day. One exam on 7th May and then no uni until 19th September.
Luckily I'm going to be working most of the summer as an activity leader in a private school in London.
Luckily I'm going to be working most of the summer as an activity leader in a private school in London.
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
Only teasin'
I dont use reddit, but this did make me laugh
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
Jedeye Sniv
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The problem is though... there are literally a dozen more people willing to be abused and take his place, unless he has an intimate knowledge of how stuff works there... its unlikely this approach will work.
Best to just use work time to learn the IT stuff they want you to use, which will get you a better job.
Well I think he does have a fairly intimate knowledge of how their stuff works, being a lone IT guy for years over there. They're not going to be able to replace him overnight, especially not for the peanuts they're laying out.
I find that as a fairly even tempered guy like Mike, people will often walk all over you until you actually lose your shit a little bit. Time to kick some toys out of the pram!
Or be sensible like bobs advises - probably a better idea lol.
Thanks for all the advice guys, a lot to think about here.
I definitely have a lot of knowledge about the way things work their - a lot of processes and infrastructure that I designed, or that I'm the only one who knows it particularly well so they REALLY should be worrying about losing me.
Maybe I'll look around for similar positions, check out the money on offer and use that to give myself an idea of what to ask for and how confident to be when asking for it, then to just make my demands.
Not going to make a rash one, but I need to hurry up and make some kind of decision
I definitely have a lot of knowledge about the way things work their - a lot of processes and infrastructure that I designed, or that I'm the only one who knows it particularly well so they REALLY should be worrying about losing me.
Maybe I'll look around for similar positions, check out the money on offer and use that to give myself an idea of what to ask for and how confident to be when asking for it, then to just make my demands.
Not going to make a rash one, but I need to hurry up and make some kind of decision
Jedeye Sniv
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Dude you could go work in fucking Tescos for more money, jump on the first thing that comes along and ride the Fuck You train outta Cheapsville.
Well, you'll still see improvements but if you install Win on a normal drive and use an SSD solely for games you'll probably see better performance.
Incontinentia Buttocks
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Wasn't this exactly what you were supposed to be doing about six months ago?
Edit: Didn't mean this to sound cunty, was playing Halo and posting.
Yeah, you're right - I've just been a pussy and not done anything because it's family :/
Selfish Pizza
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I'm in a similar boat. I hate my job, and hate most of the people I work with, but they pay me alright money for what I do (maybe because I've been there 7 years, and built it up). If I go somewhere else and do the same thing, I'll take a pay cut, and if I do something different, I'll take a pay cut :S
Maybe I could get into IT. I know how to send emails, receive emails, and use that browser thing.
CyclopsRock
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I love this image.
Go ballsy, Mike. When I was in my meeting about my job last week, I mentioned to the guy that one thing I was worried about with going permanent was in that in my last job I got a raise, then spent the next 2 years on the same money whilst more and more responsibility and pressure was placed on my shoulders. He pointed out - totally correctly - that this was at least partially my fault. It's true! I needed to be ballsier. Tell em that if they don't give you a proper raise to something more befitting your role, you'll look elsewhere, and actually mean it, too. Easier said than done, but they won't give you a raise if they don't need to.
Go ballsy, Mike. When I was in my meeting about my job last week, I mentioned to the guy that one thing I was worried about with going permanent was in that in my last job I got a raise, then spent the next 2 years on the same money whilst more and more responsibility and pressure was placed on my shoulders. He pointed out - totally correctly - that this was at least partially my fault. It's true! I needed to be ballsier. Tell em that if they don't give you a proper raise to something more befitting your role, you'll look elsewhere, and actually mean it, too. Easier said than done, but they won't give you a raise if they don't need to.
Rubbish King
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Awesome gaming session with Mikeside, now to bed me thinks..
NOW YOU'RE UNDERVALUING ME TOO!
Hating your job sucks - I wouldn't mind mine without all this unpaid pressure.
I love this image.
Go ballsy, Mike. When I was in my meeting about my job last week, I mentioned to the guy that one thing I was worried about with going permanent was in that in my last job I got a raise, then spent the next 2 years on the same money whilst more and more responsibility and pressure was placed on my shoulders. He pointed out - totally correctly - that this was at least partially my fault. It's true! I needed to be ballsier. Tell em that if they don't give you a proper raise to something more befitting your role, you'll look elsewhere, and actually mean it, too. Easier said than done, but they won't give you a raise if they don't need to.
That's a fucking awesome photo
(Great advice too, thanks!)
Yeah, that was a great session, even if I didn't survive
Hopefully Jedeye's new PC will be able to run L4D2 so he can join - who else is up for some later this week?
Hot Coldman
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f0rk passed, so I'm gonna re-post this for late-night/morning GAF.
I'm off to bed. Presentation tomorrow. Ugh.
I'm off to bed. Presentation tomorrow. Ugh.
If my laptop's back, aye.
NinjaBoiX
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Just London man, it's way too far for me!
Damn shame, I'd love to see him, even if I have to be in your company.
CHEEZMO
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No word of a lie I was thinking about this video on Saturday.
Deaf Spacker
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Morning BritGAF, I just chose Battlefield 3 as my free game from EA.
Jedeye Sniv
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Godamn the new weather girl on BBC London is bangin'. Pheeeeeewwww, too early in the morning for someone this hot
Jedeye Sniv
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oh yeah? What kinda stuff?
1. Othello and the ways in which modern readers can learn from the representation of the non-European, non-Christian 'other' in his character. It's actually about Othello's character and I'm just using post-colonial theory to take a look at him, but that sounds boring, so I put a spin on it.
2. LITERARY THEORY APPLIED TO A SHORT STORY. OH BOY. Can't wait to cut myself with the printed copy of it.
There was one that presented BBC Scotland's weather a few years ago, could have sworn she had just tumbled out of a nightclub each morning to describe today's rain.
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
Morning you guise....Apparently eating extra healthy and taking the correct medicine doesnt cure a cold...I've been getting more ill EVERY FUCKING DAY AND IM ANNOYED ABOUT IT
If my dad decides to fund it that is..
Procrastination's a bitch huh
NICE! Im getting that this week!
If my dad decides to fund it that is..Weren't you going to do this on Saturday or Sunday after a quick nap?
Procrastination's a bitch huh
Musha_Soturi
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I've been called worse.
Morning Gaf, had an awesome day in Milton Keynes yesterday snowboarding. Very achy today though.
Nice 4 day week, then 2 day week, then 4 day week. Happy times.
I'd take that ticket Green Scar but I have band rehearsal tomorrow unfortunately.
I haven't started a single assignment in first year earlier than 24 hours before the deadline and first semester netted me two 2:1s and a first.
I am noffles the arrogant twat.
(seriously though, I'll be fine. I've got my essay plan for the first sorted + sources. Just hoping I don't damage my health with all the caffeine.)
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