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Would you please describe, in as much detail as you can, why you truly love Deadpool as you do? (I also have the love shakes for the 'Pool).

I remember the DATA test for becoming a DA. I failed the first test around by 1 point. Usually they make you wait 6 months before you test again. The FSM in charge of testing me reset the test and said "do it again, but go a little slower." I was nervous, so I'm sure I rushed a few.

I did it again, went a little slower, read a little more carefully and passed with a much higher margin. He says "Good. We can teach the rest. I could tell you knew what you were doing." Being a DA was a fantastic job overall.

There were so many different corporate drives that from time to time it was "maximize time spent in homes by upselling services on site." That just meant you made sure every job got scheduled as just a diagnostic, and then upsold all the actual repair services separately.

Then it would be "keep your utilization high" That was just a matter of making sure you finished the job in less time than it was allocated.

Then the horrid "Best Buy on Wheels" where we were supposed to be selling printers and laptops out of our car. That was a mess, but I did well there too (I'm a great sales person, though I loathe working sales).

I Finally ended up working for a DFM and FSMM who actually only cared about servicing the client and making sure we got all the hours we needed. He was a great guy (DFM) and she was a great lady (FSMM). I miss working under them, but left for an even better corporate job that I now miss desperately (Company buyout).

If I could support my family on it, I'd go back to being a DA, although they changed the roll around just as I was leaving to be part on the road, and part remote support with constant remote monitoring on the remote side of it, and I LOATHE being micromanaged.

I just wish I could find another job like when I was a DA or working at my old startup, where I help people with their computer and network problems, take care of regular maintenance, help with projects as they come up, and work with laid back people. No Micromanaging, no tossing projects at me that I don't want (I am not a project manager and I do not want to be one), just sysadmin/repair technician/jack of all trades for a small company who wants to let me work.

Come to me with your problems. Don't come to me with your "issues." Sigh