On Aug 8, 10:28=A0pm, phil scott <p...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Aug 8, 9:31=A0pm, Bo <boclaw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Aug 8, 5:29=A0pm, phil scott <p...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > On Aug 8, 2:27=A0am, Cliff <Clhupr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > > On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:36:41 -0700 (PDT), phil scott
<p...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > > >thanks... =A0that un fuzzes me quite a bit... not so hard paying
> > > > >maintenance fees if it includes the later releases.
>
> > > > =A0 BTW, what, if any, tools did they provide for migrating your
> > > > prior Inventor files, libraries, etc?
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> > > they probably have some but i havent looked into it yet
>
> > > > =A0 And what have you found about vendor-supplied SE
> > > > models/parts/libraries/etc. for use with SE?
>
> > > I looked briefly but have forgotten the details...they do have a
> > > fairly
> > > large library. =A0for myself its not overly critical as I will be
> > > designing my
> > > own generic types of model pumps, compressors and etc..a few comon
> > > valves
> > > and the like, frames and weldments and using those mostly.
>
> > > it will be a fairly limited library but more specialized... i can
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> > > up most of
> > > it from scratch in a day or two. =A0then just scale the parts to fit
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the
> > > latest
> > > project... many will be ocomplex though, sectionable to show
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> > > in many
> > > cases so my details and 'walk through's' will be hot.
>
> > > I hope with synchrous I can get some of the more complex items from
> > > the manufacturers.
> > > things like big screw compressors, showing all internals.... that
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> > > of thing is not
> > > going to be in the typical cad vendors library... but via online
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> > > to mfgrs.
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> > > **
> > > I did a phone interview for a salary job today...pays about half as
> > > much as I make free lancing..but I did the interview hoping not to
> > > hear the usual mealy mouth blather and assinine questions. =A0
=A0the=
y
> > > wanted serious talent...but still I couldnt bring myself to speak
> > > to the guy.. he spent the first 5 minutes jabbering about how sorry
h=
e
> > > was for calling me 4 minutes late.
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> > > I cant even be civil with most of those in the A and E bidness
> > > anymore. . I told the guy when he asked resume questions..., 'its
> > > written in perfect english, read it'... he went into shock for a
> > > minute I think.
>
> > > Im only dealing with end users and contractors these days... now the
> > > recruiter hates my guts, I was mean as hell with him also.
>
> > > Something is wrong with the entire scene... you have people with
> > > marginal or no skill sets or life experience trying to hire or
manage
> > > talent with various coersions... =A0wall to wall bogusness... its
> > > decimated american industry I think.
>
> > > and they want it cheap by the hour, never mind that you could get
the
> > > job done in half a day by yourself.. they want to hire an office
full
> > > of idiots to do it in 6 months so they can bill the client cost
plus.
>
> > > Phil scott
>
> > > > =A0 And what of your downstream users (fabrication & etc.)?
> > > > Can you easily translate your files for their needs?
> > > > --
> > > > Cliff
>
> > Professionalism works.
>
> yes, professionalism works, Id do well to keep that a bit better in
> mind.
>
> However its
> most commonly used to mask eye watering levels of incompetence... just
> drives ****e
> ol philsie here nutz...
>
> I usually nail them to the cross. today on the phone I couldnt
> restrain myself, =A0 =A0I should have taken charge of the conversation
an=
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> interviewed him and
> run my agenda instead of letting the guy go on and on with blather.
>
> I think underlying my less than optimal behavior was a completely
> earnest desire to
> insure that no way in hell would I end up back in someones engineering
> office doing
> 11 hours days, sandwiched between idiots, =A0for half of what I make in
> a pleasant 4 to 6 hour
> day now,
>
>
>
> > & who knows that you might not wind up being able to hire your own
> > small group of guys to help do a project if required?
>
> I had 27 men at peak in the 80's...(tradesmen talent)I ended up
> working too hard.. going it alone is more pleasant for me. =A0 with a
> lot of men you do a lot of sales, negotiations and quoting etc.
> burns up a lot of time.
>
> these days Im living a low overhead life style, dont have the need to
> keep too busy.. its
> very nice for this old fart.
>
> Phil scott
>
>
>
> > More than one way to skin a retard.- Hide quoted text -
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And a trip down to Morro Bay for some R&R, abalone, scallops, Pismo
clams and lobster can asuage a lot of B.S.
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