I posted in the last entry, that I would be working on Sunday... Well I never did because I got fired that night. I got pulled into the office and there was 141.42 on the table, and he was like "uhh, they gave me the responsibility of doing this. You're one of the new guys that I actually like because you didn't do work half-assed, which is probably why you couldn't get everything done in time. But your supervisor has decided to let you go." So I was like, oh okay, that actually works out for me, I'm in talk with a security company actually, I'm was planning on quitting next week! So we laughed about that, talked about a few others things, he agreed to talk to the Director of Security, since it's for the same shopping center, and let him know that I was a really hard worker, but the supervisor was just a douche.  But the guy that let me go, he was an Executive at the Store, in charge of Assets Protection, so store security. Which having him talk to the director of Security of the center, saying I'm a hard worker, and that I would be good in Security, really would help me out.

So I went today to go talk to him, first thing he mentioned as soon as I sat down, was that he just got off the phone with the executive from Target, and pretty much iterated what he said he would tell him. Then he gave me the application, and I filled that out, and he looked it over. He asked if I was ever been arrested, or convicted of a felony, which I havent, and then said everything looked good on the application. Then he said that all he has to do now is fax the application to their corporate office so they can approve it to start training for the guard card, and certifications.  All I have to now is to call him on Thursday where he will let me know if they approved it.

As for school, I still need to learn more about events and delegates. Really the only challenging part I've had in C#. I finished the mid-term tonight, and it was pretty simple.

Talk to you all later. Hopefully I'll be adding a Security category pretty soon.

Xodus

First things first, I get to work tomorrow, and tonight, doesn't that sound fun? Store opens at 8, and I start at 8:15.  Get to bring board shorts to work, change when I get off, then drive to the bay... From there I actually get to ride, but we're going to the crappy part... Oh well.

On Monday I'm going for a meeting and to get my background check started for being a security officer at town center in santee. Then once I talk to the guy and confirm I have another job, I get to go to tell Target that I'm done. New job will pay much better than Target, run me full time, and give me good benefits.  I'm going to try to get on as graveyard so I get to drive the little golf cart around the parking lot.

But yeah, I'll lake it a lot more than target, get to actually be outside doing something, I hate working inside.  Nice thing about this, though, is I'll be trained as a first responder, trained for take down and hand cuffing, oc spray, and tazer.  Soon as I turn 21, I can be trained as an armed guard and make 25/hour while in college still :) 

Fun fun.

Well, if I get this job, I'll be posting some nice little stories! 

I was browsing craigslist today, and came across an ad for iPhone devopment, here's what it looks like:

Wouldnt' that be nice? Apparently simple apps, but 1000 USD for each app. Something sounds a little fishy there, doesn't it? If apparently the return on that would be so high that he can charge that much, PER APP, wouldn't I be better off selling my own?  Whatever.

Moving on...

 I'm wanting to hop onto an open source project to help out. I'm trying to find something with a decent size userbase, and not a bazillion developers. But it needs to be in C#.  That's the big problem, I'm not too picky about what it actually is, since I just need something to fluffy my resume.  So if you have some reccomendations, put them in the comments. I'm really open for anything and I like quick walks on the beach.

 And School...

I need to learn more about events for C#. I don't know why, but they seem confusing to me. I really just don't see the point of checking for everything every frame, and then calling an event... Why not just call the method you need? It seems like it would be quicker, and you have a lot less problems when trying to debug what's going wrong.  When I finally figure out how they work and why they're soo good, I'll make a nice article that people can use to learn... I have one for a general start of C#, if you want to see it, click here. I wrote that when I was in high school still, and it was supposed to be for a thesis, but it never ended up working out.

I only have a few more projects that I need to complete for the C# class, fairly simple concepts, but apparently they seem like the events are the bestway to go about them.  In the C++ class, I have a few more "Fix the error" challenges I need to do by wednseday and the Coding Challenge.  Simple actually, I just haven't had the motivation to do it.

Something I learned...

I was under the impression in C++ when you create a variable that it makes the allotment in memory, but infact, it doesn't.  It doesn't do anything in memory until you actually assign the variable. So that got me thinking, what if I assign a variable that is empty to another variable, like such:

What happens then? Let's try it. Here is what happens in the ASM:

00D613C5  cmp         byte ptr [ebp-0E9h],0
00D613CC  jne         main+3Bh (0D613DBh)
00D613CE  push        offset  (0D6140Eh)
00D613D3  call        @ILT+175(__RTC_UninitUse) (0D610B4h)
00D613D8  add         esp,4
00D613DB  mov         eax,dword ptr [c]
00D613DE  mov         dword ptr [b],eax 

So for the first 2 lines, it initilizes b, then it attempts to push c to the stack so we can move the value of c to b. But we have a rpoblem, when we try to push it, because there is nothing there, so it just crashes.  It's funny, in C#, it will warn you if you do that, but won't compile. But in C++, I guess because it's unmanaged, it will just try it.

Well, have fun.

Xodus

Hey everyone,

I'm going to hae a go at this blog thing again. I'm out of high school now, and am working... So I am going to hopefully have more time.  I'm taking classes right now in C#, and C++... Yeah, C# I know, but C++, eh, not so much.

 Well, time to write my first post. About work.

WORK, Target. I hate it.  Lets go over what I normally do. I come in between 4:45 and 5PM, clock in, and start working. Work is closing Food ave.  Right when I get there I start making all the food that's needed for the next day. Parfaits, sandwichs, and salads. I hate it.  Then once that's done, I go out and clean everything. Then I clean everything in the back. Then by this time, I can go on break. Chill out for 15 minutes, the start again. Deal with more guests, clean some more, then at about 8:00 I clean up the popcorn machine and hotdog roller... Most PITA things in the world.  I have to have everything, made, and perfect, and closed by 9:30 to leave.  Doesn't that sound fun? No.

 So I applied at Bestbuy last night. Trying to get on as a Geek Squad installer, that would be much nicer. I get to go out, do what I like to do, and get payed alot more than I do at Target. So on Monday I'm calling them to see if my application went okay, and if we could schedule an interview. I'll see how that goes, It better go good. 

 Pretty much, as long as I can get in there and do the interview, I got the job. Once I get the job, I get out of Target hell.  

 Goodnight

Xodus