mind if i vent

[Jog On]

If you don't mind me asking, do you know which Microsoft office this chap is based at?

Could be that great big flip off campus in Reading. I went there once for a training day and walked into the wrong building straight past the dolly birds on reception right down into the bowels of M$ completely unchallenged until somoene told me.

And I forgot my suicide bomb belt that day!

[jmo21]

hehe, thanks for all the replies, made good reading over my breakfast

don't get me wrong I in no way felt inadequate, and i'm sure i do earn more money than he does

as it happens, I do not grudge him his success either, he was easily one of the smartest guys in our uni class, and i do know he has worked incredibly hard to get where he has

I was actually laughing to myself every time he dropped something into the conversation that was supposed to make himself sound so good (ie. hinting at paying 40% tax to indicate he is the higher wage bracket, telling us about a marketing guy taking him on the lash and paying £180 for a bottle of wine, i mean we've all done that right)

one of the other lads cut him off a couple of times deliberately, but i was probably the most sober so don't think anyone else really noticed

i do know exactly where and within what group he works but I won't say just in case, it is a very specific role

the funniest part was the product he was in charge of is currently bombing incredibly badly in sales , and he still got promoted! go figure!

[Cheshire Cat]

Agree with Pondlife's post.
I don't talk about what money I earn to anyone but Mrs Cat.
All my good friends (old and newer) are either too polite to seriously mention money (apart from the odd comment, e.g. "you're a contractor, your round") or they don't give a t0ss.
If I ever do run into people I knew at school who pry about my finances, I either skirt around the subject and tell them I do ok, thanks for asking, or I tell them flatly that it's none of their business, depending on the situation.

[Scotchpie]

the funniest part was the product he was in charge of is currently bombing incredibly badly in sales , and he still got promoted! go figure!

Sounds like the NHS.

[jmo21]

Agree with Pondlife's post.
I don't talk about what money I earn to anyone but Mrs Cat.
All my good friends (old and newer) are either too polite to seriously mention money (apart from the odd comment, e.g. "you're a contractor, your round") or they don't give a t0ss.
If I ever do run into people I knew at school who pry about my finances, I either skirt around the subject and tell them I do ok, thanks for asking, or I tell them flatly that it's none of their business, depending on the situation.

totally agree, any talk of money is incredibly crass

[Jaws]

If being a director is what it takes to break the higher rate tax band at MS, I wonder what the developers are being paid.

And I agree totally, I wouldn't dream of talking about money or how much I earn. Some people don't half try hard to find out though.

[Doggy Styles]

Could be that great big flip off campus in Reading. I went there once for a training day and walked into the wrong building straight past the dolly birds on reception right down into the bowels of M$ completely unchallenged until somoene told me.

And I forgot my suicide bomb belt that day!

Aha, that's why I asked. I worked there recently, and I know someone who is due for a good promotion soon because his project is coming to an end and he seemed to do pretty well. Big rugby fan.

BTW There was quite a bit of totty talent there.

[jmo21]

as it happens he's not in Reading