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Norwegian
Trad climber
the tip of god's middle finger
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 10, 2013 - 09:29am PT
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i had something to share but
all i found is a void where
inyoazz's thread once was,
so outta thedirt, into the sky,
comes this thread
it had no father, only a mother called merry.
plus i love to talk about myself,
for a few years i did time in the field of
our building, nothing but walls and ceiling
about me. oh, and a floor.
i had a picture of a naked mountain on my desk.
eventually i won one window,
then, later, two perpendicular.
i'd finally arrived
at the confluence of two peripheries defining my confinement.
the naked picture got shitt-canned at this point.
i wasn't elated.
the damn windows were dual-pained,
my gaze got stuck in that vacuum void between glass.
so i intensified my stare, but it always reflected
off the exo-skin of my building's eyes.
so i quit the f*#king job.
got real poor.
got real traveled (in that order)
then got real pregnant (actually my girlfriend carried the fetus but she always said that "we" were pregnant)
so i limped back to the man,
and reinstated my sentence.
guess where i ended up?
no sh#t, in the janitor's closet.
the building had filled up due to economic detonations.
so i spent a year in the closet,
where the conditioned air never really reached.
it didn't matter,
for i was thick in the pocket,
and the wife flung mountainettes into our padded whirld.
then i won my way back to the
land where i could see real life, outside.
a few years go by.
and, again i quit.
i started my own company,
now i contract with my former employer,
and i sit in my wooded cabin, that
is barely a confine for it's more outside than in,
ever since that tree with a hard-on fell at us.
and just now,
i put down my pencil
and stepped out into the brisk dawn
and stood by a small fire
while i drank my tepid tea.
i faced south,
the sun rose against my left cheek.
f*#k, windows, man.
we can do better.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 10, 2013 - 09:33am PT
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Ah, yes. Does gaining the corner office mean losing something else?
Promoted? Or cornered
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Apr 10, 2013 - 09:35am PT
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Perspective, again? Man, that old dog gets Around, huh?
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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Apr 10, 2013 - 09:45am PT
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Weege
Those words are very real for me (especially in my current time).
Hope u don't mind but I'd like to print that post so I can position it next to the "naked mountain" I'm putting BACK on my desk.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 10, 2013 - 11:03am PT
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Deleted threads are one way to promote goodwill.
Buddha-approved corner office for ya.
No windows.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Apr 10, 2013 - 11:19am PT
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^^^
YES! Please place me on Bill's pout list. What ever will I do with my good name sullied by a "thread deleter" label? Oh my.
In seriousness, I deleted because I got the input I was looking for (thanks to everyone who weighed in), and a few too many personal details popped up (there's a reason I post under an avatar/pen name/whatever, and that is plausible deniability/privacy).
Anyhow, Weejun, quitting jobs to live in the dirt isn't a foreign concept to me, I've done it several times...at 25, at 27, at 33, at 35. But there comes a time in the white collar world where, if you are not in a field conducive to consulting work and small one-three man shops, or contract/project-based work like programming, those 12-18mo resume gaps start coming back to haunt you. Each time through the process, when going back to the grind it becomes more and more difficult to find a good job...because who wants to hire someone that isn't stable and won't likely stick around?
Bottom line for me, if I can get through the first year in the boss's seat, it will get much easier. Not only because of the learning curve, but because our org is in the middle of massive upheaveal that will eventually settle down. I can see myself comfortable and happy in the position, and am satisfied where I live, do NOT want to relocate. My bigger plan all along has been to build enough pension years (one beauty of the fed system is that it still has defined benefit pensions, and a printing press to back it up) and save enough cash that I can retire by 50, possibly as early as 45-47. Of course that would mean about 10 years of living on savings, passive income, or even a part time job until pension kicks in, which seems do-able. I don't have expensive tastes, except in chocolate.
As a 20-something, I hoped to be cashed out and done by 45. That was a little unrealistic, especially since I've taken those stints off to climb full time. So I'm more or less on track. First world problems, for sure.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
the tip of god's middle finger
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 10, 2013 - 11:25am PT
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yes sir,
your life is just right as you alone author it.
i don't mean to discredit your decisions by shouting out mine.
i cannot discern regret from elation, so i am immune to the
consequences of poor life choices.
to be completely honest,
the main reason that im granted the liberties of a sloppy career,
is because i married a stalwart wife, who is disciplined in hers.
cheers and salutations.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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Apr 10, 2013 - 11:32am PT
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Either you're the tool or you're the tooled. You either bone up or be boned.
It's a cutthroat world out there.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Apr 10, 2013 - 12:14pm PT
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The corner office I want.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 10, 2013 - 12:38pm PT
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WILL you two control yourselves?
We are looking at and fondling Weej's ego, not you guys's.
MAY we proceed.
--un-management :)
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Psilocyborg
climber
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Apr 10, 2013 - 12:44pm PT
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In January of this year I got real stupid and moved to Oklahoma for a woman. Things were going great. Got a great job, lots of smootchie smootchie, except I lust uncontrollably for my ex, Sierra. So I just quit my job last week. I must head back to CA to reunite with my EX. And to make up for my transgressions I will spend the entire summer alone with my true love, Sierra.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Apr 10, 2013 - 12:56pm PT
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That bitch Sierra? What a slut. She'll give it up for anyone with two boots that's willing to hike her flanks.
She's got lots of boyfriends dude, trust me on that.
Hope you don't mind sharing yer woman....sheesh....
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 10, 2013 - 01:02pm PT
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He who laughs last laughs best. Right, Weege?
Yeah, I turned down a prime position in a similar janitor's closet in an
almost windowless building in Langley, Virginia. It was also waaay too
far from any sort of climbing I liked. Hell, I turned down an even better
job in Berkeley because it was too far from real mountains like Seattle.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 10, 2013 - 01:11pm PT
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But Seattle's a city.
And it's Sierra Nevada, clowns.
Ha ha.
:0)
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Apr 10, 2013 - 01:35pm PT
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El Cap,
It sounds like you made two good decisions: (1) concerning the promotion; and (2) concerning the thread deletion. Your thread asked for specific advice personal to you, rather than a general discussion. As such, I would classify your decision to delete the thread as a one to conserve space, not running off and pouting.
Congratulations again on the promotion.
John
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
www.climbaddictdesigns.com
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Apr 10, 2013 - 03:08pm PT
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And also only the person involved really knows what's at risk, what's to gain, and how those things relate to their life.
Like some here, I too balked as I rose up the corporate ladder. I saw it for the trap it was - in my particular situation. Others desire, need, avoid and reject different things and that is good, because the world needs all types.
I had ElCap take swipes at my abilities, when he can only guess as what makes me tick, and what ticks me off. I knew better to state my unqualified opinion, when it was he who asked for input.
Besides, it is really doubtful that he actually needed input from the Supertopo crowd to take the step toward that job or not. Likely he knew very well inside what his decision was. If not - then maybe leading others WOULD be a questionable pursuit....
One thing that I know, is that I KNOW what I want/don't want, who I am/am not, what I am capable of and what I'm not capable of. Those are qualities of a leader, at least one who who can be safely followed!
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