The Water Cooler

7:58 AM

oh wow I might be on my way to another gold badge hahaha

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9:20 AM

I said end of feb if I keep it up I'll have it end of Jan for 10k

10:12 AM

Morning folks

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1:35 PM

@Twyxz let us know when you get Legendary. It's a fairly exclusive club

motosubatsu

1:45 PM

@RichardU I've got 37 to go <sigh />

@motosubatsu I honestly don't know why my answers take off. I never try for rep, I just get it

2:26 PM

got a question donno if it fits WP

I want to have offical email. either it can be first@firstnamelastname.com

or me@firstnamelastname.com

or hello@fisrtnamelastname.com

is it a valid question?

2:38 PM

@Nofel I know someone that did firstname@lastname.net, and this person worked for Merrill Lynch in the world financial center, can't get any more professional than that. It would work.

You could ask it, @Nofel Just frame it in the form of a question like "I want to have an email with my name as the domain name. Is this professional, and if so, what are the formats used out there" or something like that

2:52 PM

dont wanna gfet down vote

@RichardU only thing is it is not first@lastnamr.com

I have a domain firstlastname.com

so if email is first@firstlastname.com

it look funny

using my name twice?

So like Nofel@nofelLefon.com?

that looks weird yeah haha

yea

so hello@nofelabc.com

or me@nofelabc.com

3:12 PM

@Nofel that's what would make it a good question

it might get closed with "question is too opinionated"

I mean it is really

What even is the question? Is it unprofessional?

Q: Does repeating name in email look unprofessional?

I have set up my own domain and kicking off freelance service in my field, I been piloting email and I am not sure how to make it professional. How does email cookie@cookiemoster.com or me@cookiemoster.com or hello@cookiemoster.com represent. In the first iteration it sound like repeatin...

3:29 PM

@Nofel it's being well received ;)

@RichardU reminds of me boiling milk in kettle

me and my unique questions

3:46 PM

@Nofel nothing wrong with that.

close police arrived

duplicate police too

4:06 PM

@Nofel no worries, the REOPEN SQUAD is here. We reopen all the time.

4:27 PM

cheers @RichardU

@Nofel As you can see from my recent post in META, I'm a bit annoyed at how people are acting

@RichardU I was victim of it

especially on SO

@Nofel Avoid negativity. I just had an experience elsewhere that I walked away from.

People who do not value you are not worth your time, effort, or emotional investmentt

I learn (and still learning) that lesson late

we have a saying, "Even if it come late, come wise"

I use to take it on my heart and i grew weak

not anymore

no one can be in my shoes and I cannot be there

mutual respect and understand "One can have different opnion of same thing u have of" coz where they came from has moulded them different than other

4:44 PM

@Nofel Be of value to others but only to those who value you, get something from everyone you know, but give more.

5:02 PM

@RichardU Indeed

@Nofel It's the key to success.

yes, In Quran it says to give in way of Allah e.g. if u spend from ur earning on poor or needy u will have benefits like u will feel satisfied and content and it will return to u in many forms and x 10.

and if u see in wordly sense, when u help other u grow and feel happy

coz u did something that wont ask for money in anyway

u make another capable

but what really make me sad is my introvert nature

people say mean things and I cannot be rude to them or tell them on the face

As a very wise woman once said to me, "You cannot accept help with a clenched fist, only an open hand.

Q: This question from a new contributor about getting fired should be reopened

5:18 PM

sometimes asking help make me servous

e.g. in work if someone tell me u need to fix it, my inside goes "u never gave eye to detail"

why they have to come

why couldnt u see it

Pointy Haired Boss

This question Impostor syndrome or will I get fired? should be reopened. It already has some good answers. And one of the folks voting to close it already provided an answer - not very nice.

discussion

5:36 PM

wow qustion is going strong

@Nofel sometimes just saying "no, this is not a duplicate" in the comments is enough.

See, I told ya you'd be okay. Listen to me, and you'll never go far wrong.

6:02 PM

@RichardU I hate when I lack eye for detail in my work

10 yrs i been in this field

alignment, eye for perfection

Q: Impostor syndrome or will I get fired?

It’s my third day at this job as a full stack engineer. I graduated five years ago but I never took programming that serious until after the first year when I decided to start looking for a job. It was hard getting this job I had previously been on 6 in person interviews which all ended in reje...

junior

Please, consider VTRO

make me sad when I am told

Hello guys :)

whats VTRO @DarkCygnus and hi

Vote To ReOpen

sup @Nofel

6:07 PM

Intresting question

how do we reopen it

I will input my experince

Magisch

@DarkCygnus cast the last one just now

feel free to @ ping me with these if I'm in the room

6:41 PM

@RichardU the painful habit of mine, if I m doing something and I see something else, I get the latter thing first and original thing get delayed, i hate it

@Nofel If you cannot bend your nature work with it. Allow for distractions in your day and plan around them, just give yourself a set limit for distractions

here is a example..I am working..i get notification i pick up mobile..5-10 mins gone and another case I m working of X feature, while a colleague or boss come say. hey nofel, the logo is not aligned, I forgot X and get on logo.

another one..i am going through code to do something and i find something else e.g. a chunk of code commented, I start removing and testing site, while my original task stays here for hours.

Q: Does apologizing make me look weak? (how to get referral)

7:18 PM

I started a "startup" with a friend. The reason I did this was mainly because getting a programming job is hard, and the last internship I had programming was somewhat demoralizing; I didn't find the work very purposeful, and didn't want to start heading down a path I found demoralizing. Anywa...

references

There is only one possible reaction to this one ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

@Magisch thanks

7:35 PM

@DarkCygnus I think we spend more time casting reopen votes than anything else.

8:00 PM

@RichardU I think that is the 2nd thing we do most... the first one is complain and wish people didn't cast close votes for anything

how's the car and the payment @RichardU

8:21 PM

@DarkCygnus The car runs, but looks like all hell. Gotta go to Motor vehicles to get a new title though

8:39 PM

@RichardU well, I guess that's fine, unless you are trying to impress some lady?

@DarkCygnus My days of impressing anyone are long over. If they need to be impressed, I don't need them

9:04 PM

@RichardU (I was joking :)

@DarkCygnus I know, but I have a surly image to maintain ;)

lol

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