Intellectual Ore

I participated in a Goldman Sachs Community Teamworks project today.  With close to 200 other interns, I worked to improve the conditions in a public park in Brooklyn; I scraped and repainted the lines on a handball court.  Despite being a blatant PR play and the relatively minimal amount of actual work done, it was a nice diversion from a typical day at the office.  I’m happy I got a chance to give back to NYC while getting to know a few of my fellow interns better.

On the way home, I helped a lady with a door on the subway.  She saw my shirt and remarked how my effort to help her through the door was great “community teamwork”.

code grinder: n.

1. A suit-wearing minion of the sort hired in legion strength by banks and insurance companies to implement payroll packages in RPG and other such unspeakable horrors. In its native habitat, the code grinder often removes the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage consisting of button-down shirt (starch optional) and a tie. In times of dire stress, the sleeves (if long) may be rolled up and the tie loosened about half an inch. It seldom helps. The code grinder’s milieu is about as far from hackerdom as one can get and still touch a computer; the term connotes pity. See Real World, suit.