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If I get a job as an engineer at Jack in the Box , I'm walking out if they want me to make milk shakes.

almost_usual 5y ago
I would work at Jack in the Box if they paid me 700k+ TC and I only had to make milkshakes for a year. Could always save the mental energy to program whatever I want in my free time.
- mbfg 5y ago
  i would, got a link?
- kgwxd 5y ago
  But the contract you signed says anything you do in your spare time belongs to the company.
  - almost_usual 5y ago
    Not in my imaginary contract.
  - selimthegrim 5y ago
    Shh, the contract doesn't apply when the milkshake machine is "down", don't let him find out!
- chaorace 5y ago
  It's rather impressive that you have the mental fortitude to get meaningful stuff done in your spare time after working in a fast-food kitchen all day. More than I suspect most have, myself included. Even as a young adult, the heavy labor and stress I took on from working those types of jobs would leave me so exhausted that I could barely even drive home, let alone belt out code. I'm not saying it's impossible -- throw enough money out there and you'll find the people... but that hardly makes it praise-worthy or justifiable from a compatibility perspective.
reidjs 5y ago
What if you’re in charge of embedded programming for the milkshake machine? wouldn’t you want to learn about how the system you work on directly impacts its users? Also, who doesn’t want to make milkshakes for a day or two? That sounds way more fun that staring at a computer for hours on end. You can say that would sweeten up the contract for me.
- 999900000999 5y ago
  What about when some disgruntled customer thinks you put the wrong milk in his milkshake and start screaming at you? Having to work a shitty job when you're a teenager is a right of passage, I'm not doing it in my thirties.
  - danaris 5y ago
    Screw that. No one, whatever their age, should have to work a job where they're treated like garbage.
  - reidjs 5y ago
    If that were to happen, you’ve probably got the financial security and confidence to tell that customer to go F themselves and receive applause and accolades from the rest of the team (and other customers). No one should act like that to anymore, especially towards people working a demanding job.
    - 999900000999 5y ago
      Did you ever work retail? Everyone from managers to co-workers to customers can be extremely mean . M That's one of my main reasons for getting out of those fields, I don't like customer service. I don't have patience for you getting upset with me because your wife's not getting you enough attention or whatever's going on at home. I'm an extremely chill person, but if anyone's confrontational or angry I'll just avoid that situation. I remember I was at a grocery store or something and an elderly man started cursing at the employees because he couldn't figure out the automated checkout. That's not for me. I don't care that the technology is confusing and hard, I'm not tolerating someone cursing at me.
paulcole 5y ago
If I get a job as a milkshake maker at Jack in the Box, I’m walking out if they make me work with the engineers.

I would work at Jack in the Box if they paid me 700k+ TC and I only had to make milkshakes for a year. Could always save the mental energy to program whatever I want in my free time.

mbfg 5y ago
i would, got a link?
kgwxd 5y ago
But the contract you signed says anything you do in your spare time belongs to the company.
- almost_usual 5y ago
  Not in my imaginary contract.
- selimthegrim 5y ago
  Shh, the contract doesn't apply when the milkshake machine is "down", don't let him find out!
chaorace 5y ago
It's rather impressive that you have the mental fortitude to get meaningful stuff done in your spare time after working in a fast-food kitchen all day. More than I suspect most have, myself included. Even as a young adult, the heavy labor and stress I took on from working those types of jobs would leave me so exhausted that I could barely even drive home, let alone belt out code. I'm not saying it's impossible -- throw enough money out there and you'll find the people... but that hardly makes it praise-worthy or justifiable from a compatibility perspective.

reidjs 5y ago

What if you’re in charge of embedded programming for the milkshake machine? wouldn’t you want to learn about how the system you work on directly impacts its users? Also, who doesn’t want to make milkshakes for a day or two? That sounds way more fun that staring at a computer for hours on end. You can say that would sweeten up the contract for me.

999900000999 5y ago
What about when some disgruntled customer thinks you put the wrong milk in his milkshake and start screaming at you? Having to work a shitty job when you're a teenager is a right of passage, I'm not doing it in my thirties.
- danaris 5y ago
  Screw that. No one, whatever their age, should have to work a job where they're treated like garbage.
- reidjs 5y ago
  If that were to happen, you’ve probably got the financial security and confidence to tell that customer to go F themselves and receive applause and accolades from the rest of the team (and other customers). No one should act like that to anymore, especially towards people working a demanding job.
  - 999900000999 5y ago
    Did you ever work retail? Everyone from managers to co-workers to customers can be extremely mean . M That's one of my main reasons for getting out of those fields, I don't like customer service. I don't have patience for you getting upset with me because your wife's not getting you enough attention or whatever's going on at home. I'm an extremely chill person, but if anyone's confrontational or angry I'll just avoid that situation. I remember I was at a grocery store or something and an elderly man started cursing at the employees because he couldn't figure out the automated checkout. That's not for me. I don't care that the technology is confusing and hard, I'm not tolerating someone cursing at me.

paulcole 5y ago

If I get a job as a milkshake maker at Jack in the Box, I’m walking out if they make me work with the engineers.