I Called In Sick Today

[Napa Lite 3,278]

I've got a half a mind to go play some cards tonight. Problem is I also have a half a mind to not.

[Essay21 2,385]

Leave it up to Lady Luck: flip a coin, best of three.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Is tails go or don't?

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

tails for the win, heads for the loss.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Well I went tails, tails so I guess I'm playing some caahhhhdds.

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

that's my dog. i'm going tomorrow to warm up for VEGAS. gotta sharpen the skills.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Down $150 early. Not great.

[Theraflu 1,035]

get some bitcoins and come fux with me.

[hank213 1,823]

Hank, why was this such a great week for you, personally and professionally?

 

Background: For about the last year or so I've been lobbying my boss to create a "Lead Analyst" role for me since on top of normal troubleshooting I also do quite a bit of training/coaching the other team members, get involved in special projects with other teams, and act as a back up incident manager.

 

About 3 weeks ago I noticed there was a job posting in our company for an analyst in my division's compliance dept. Now I happen to have known the manager for that dept. for 8 years and have worked with him fairly often. He has repeatedly joked that I should take his job someday. Compliance isn't something I've considered as a career path too much but I have caught some major boo boos and expedited them in situations where most techs wouldn't have simply because I knew they would be huge risks for audit findings.So I figured I'd apply and see what it's all about. Well within 24 hours of submitting my resume he scheduled my interview and within 24 hours of that interview he booked my second interview with the CFO (who I've also worked with some). Well, being the straight shooter with upper management written all over me that I am, I of course let my boss know I was applying for this position. He immediately tells me that the Lead role is all but assured it's just a matter of timing, they didn't want to do promotion paperwork on top of annual merit increase paperwork*. He of course didn't have money or timeline when it would happen at that point so I half jokingly say to him "Maybe you can use my application to another dept as leverage to push this through." Fast forward to this week and the compliance manager tells my boss they are going to make me an offer, which my boss tells me and also gives me the number they are going to pay me with the promotion if I stay in current dept (5% on top of my 3% merit increase). Other manager gets wind that he has been countered before he can even make his offer so he immediately calls me and says "Whatever pay they promised, we'll match it." Leaving me with on hell of a decision to make. Ultimately I chose to stay with my current team. This manager (along with me) has pushed leadership to increase my salary by roughly 52% over what it was 4 years ago prior to joining this department and I think that earns a wee bit of loyalty.

 

*This is yet another example of our C level execs being foolish. They could have given me a promotion at the time of my annual review and gotten away with 5-6% increase but couldn't be bothered so now it's two increases for a total of 8%. Far be it from me to tell the CIO how to run his shop.

 

On a the personal front, me and blondie are heading to Vegas in 9 days. At least that what I presume that part was about...don't really know.

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

Down $150 early. Not great.

 

but are you playing well? don't be impatient brat, wait for the bullets.

 

Background: For about the last year or so...

 

way to go hankster. glad to see a little justice in the universe.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

that kind of maneuvering is something you just don't know how to do early in your career, and it makes such an enormous difference. I would not be nearly as good at it if I didn't spend time here, soaking life and job advice.

 

annual reviews and increases are being handed out in 2-3 weeks for everyone in the pleb rank, so I've been chatting with a few guys about how I suspect it'll go down, and what everyone needs to do and say to set themselves up for next year. I am still a pleb, but I have been on their track and have the objective viewpoint, so we talk. it's an eye-opener, judging by the way the conversations go, knowing who is going to push and force the company to give them a game plan for success, and who is going to be complacent and get an ass reaming.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

I made a terrible river call mainly cause I was just super curious what he had and wanted to see. It's a leak of mine. Willing to pay to know if I was right or not. Other than that I thjnk I've been playing OK. Down like $75

[hank213 1,823]

that kind of maneuvering is something you just don't know how to do early in your career, and it makes such an enormous difference. I would not be nearly as good at it if I didn't spend time here, soaking life and job advice.

 

annual reviews and increases are being handed out in 2-3 weeks for everyone in the pleb rank, so I've been chatting with a few guys about how I suspect it'll go down, and what everyone needs to do and say to set themselves up for next year. I am still a pleb, but I have been on their track and have the objective viewpoint, so we talk. it's an eye-opener, judging by the way the conversations go, knowing who is going to push and force the company to give them a game plan for success, and who is going to be complacent and get an ass reaming.

 

I used to not be very good at this part. It wasn't until I got out of operations (customer service) and got into IT that I became much better at recognizing my value added to the company and how frequently and hard I could press for consideration. I agree it really is a valuable skill to have in one's repertoire and young corporate drones should really focus at least as much attention if not more on developing this skill as they do any other job skill. My boss has recommended a podcast called manager tools that's really solid for learning people management skills. They also have a podcast called career tools that I've started listening to and is pretty good too. You might enjoy it Strat. https://www.manager-tools.com/podcasts

 

I made a terrible river call mainly cause I was just super curious what he had and wanted to see. It's a leak of mine. Willing to pay to know if I was right or not. Other than that I thjnk I've been playing OK. Down like $75

 

man, i haven't played poker in so long I'm probably just a big ol' tell box. like a "2004 newbie" sized box of tells.

[Theraflu 1,035]

I could never have a poker face now. Playin online destroyed it. I'm like on the floor with the cards turning over now.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Booked a small win. Was a slightly bigger win but I had AK, KQ, AK, AQ, AJ, and 55 in my last 10 hands and won zero of them. Such is life.

 

I'd like to think my rest my face in my hand and just stare aimlessly around the room and don't talk and constantly shuffle chips with my free hand is not giving off many tells but that's probabaly not true. Luckily I think most people at 1-2 have hard enough times remembering hand rankings to notice such things.

[Theraflu 1,035]

Had 55 on a 5-4-K flop, I checked to the raiser. Turn 4. bet, call. River 4. check/bet/fold because I put him on AK.

 

He may have had A-4, or air. Either way, I don't know hand rankings.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

I used to not be very good at this part. It wasn't until I got out of operations (customer service) and got into IT that I became much better at recognizing my value added to the company and how frequently and hard I could press for consideration. I agree it really is a valuable skill to have in one's repertoire and young corporate drones should really focus at least as much attention if not more on developing this skill as they do any other job skill. My boss has recommended a podcast called manager tools that's really solid for learning people management skills. They also have a podcast called career tools that I've started listening to and is pretty good too. You might enjoy it Strat. https://www.manager-tools.com/podcasts

I will check it out. I obviously need to work on it. my boss told me that one of my two guys said he's afraid of me, which I don't understand where that comes from. I love the guy, he's a hard worker.

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

Had 55 on a 5-4-K flop, I checked to the raiser. Turn 4. bet, call. River 4. check/bet/fold because I put him on AK.

 

He may have had A-4, or air. Either way, I don't know hand rankings.

either I'm rusty, or I don't know how to read hand histories anymore, or you cray. can't tell which.

[Napa_Don 688]

I think he made a dumb mental error and is retelling it in a way where he thinks we're smarter than we are or is just making a confusing joke.

 

I want to go back to the casino today but it's such a trek and I have things I should be doing.

 

 

When I was in college me and my buddy would go to the casino at least once a week, usually thursday nights, so we got to know the dealers a little bit. Since then I go maybe once or twice a year and I could tell some of the dealers sort of recognize me but aren't 100% sure so they don't say anything. And of course I'm socially retarded so I don't say anything either. Although, one dealer, who used to call me Peyton Manning because I would frequently wear a Colt's hat, recognized me and in the middle of a hand last night when I was blufffing and trying to keep my shit together goes "and Colts hat bets $36" and i had a burst of laughter. Luckily the guy folded. He said he put me on kings or queens. Solid read.

[Essay21 2,385]

 

either I'm rusty, or I don't know how to read hand histories anymore, or you cray. can't tell which.

 

No something is not adding up with that story.

[Theraflu 1,035]

I had fives full, but I folded to what I thought was fours full, because I thought the king beat me.

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

this doesn't bode well for your gambling prospects.

[Theraflu 1,035]

There's a $7.50 short-handed KO tourney at 9 every night. First pays around $400. Probably gonna stick to that from now on, a couple times a week. Got 7th a few nights ago, 18th last night. Not much else seems suited to my current abilities.

[frautotenkinder 1,025]

Hey guys. Last night I went to a play, it was supposed to be a comedy. It was not funny. What was funny was me picking out Larry David sitting in the crowd. I respect him less because he laughed and applauded; he must have known someone on stage-those lines were not funny at all.

 

Tonight I'm going to the Broad Museum for a Perfume Genius concert. It's the most self aware artiest thing I've done in a while. I love Perfume Genius so I'm excited--the ticket also gets me in to the Museum in off hours so I can view the new Cindy Sherman exhibit, Hell yes.

 

Other pluses for tonight: I'm meeting my hottest female friend for dinner and drinks before we trot over to the museum, and as long as I stand somewhat near her, I bet I'll be in lots photos. Girl is hot.

 

 

 

From the website. (FYI Lotic and Cindytalk are almost unlistenable)

 

The first program in the Nonobject(ive): Summer Happenings at The Broad series is inspired by The Broad’s Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life special exhibition. The evening of performance and music will feature the lush beauty of Perfume Genius’s orchestrations and the ever-changing masked choreography of Narcissister. In the spirit of Cindy Sherman’s photographs, performance collective Mutant Salon will transform visitors’ hair, make-up, and minds in a lavish pop-up beauty parlor and hive for creative collaboration and self-care. Lotic will create dark beats in The Broad’s distinctive architecture, and Cindytalk will perform electronic soundscapes that blend rhythmic dissonance with ethereal vocals.

[Essay21 2,385]

Grinding 1/2. Up 200. Would be 450 if not for set over set. Guy played it well I had no idea. I wouldn't have folded anyways but he flatted my pre flop raise with queens then bet out on a Q 5 2 flop. I had fives. Got it in on the turn I after I smooth called the flop.