It's always nice to find out that your boss's boss's boss has your back.

[drhibbert]

When I got to work today, I headed straight to HR to start the process of negotiating for a higher salary, only to find out that the director of Equipment Engineering, my boss's boss's boss, had already started the negotiations on my behalf, and they are already putting together a new offer of "over $60k." The previous offer, in case anyone was

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[special_jess]

way to go, Mike! You deserve it!

[drhibbert]

Thank you.

[a_hollow_year]

Honestly, if I was building a battlebot from scratch, Taz-Bot would not be it. I would instead make a lightweight spinner bot with a driving frame controlled tank-style underneath a spinning dome with a flattened bell-shaped cross section and sloped projections protruding all along it such that anything that touched the dome would be hit in a way that the force on the other bot would be directed up and away from my bot. That way, my bot would be forced into the ground, greatly increasing the frictional force and decreasing my bot's movement due to the impact if not eliminating it outright, while maximizing the other bot's motion.

This whole post, but especially this paragraph, just reminded me of all the reasons why I love you.

Congrats on the soon-to-manifest raise, and good luck with the patent!

[drhibbert]

Thank you.

Hmmm. If my rambling is appreciated, perhaps I will do it more often ;)

[drhibbert]

If I ever do have a lush Beverly Hills mansion, I will be sure to invite you (and all my other friends) to come visit. Also, if my name goes down in the history books, I just hope it won't be as in, "this is the guy who fucked ______ up so badly that ______ happened, and that's why we all live in this protective dome."

[drhibbert]

Good point. That could be quite advantageous.

[mythrilwyrm]

From the sounds of it, you're the best thing that's happened to Northrop Grumman in awhile. Here's hoping that your history of success continues to build upon itself.

[drhibbert]

Thank you.