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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 1293 | | number = 1293 | ||
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| title = Job Interview | | title = Job Interview | ||
| image = job_interview.png | | image = job_interview.png | ||
− | | titletext = When you talk about the job experience you | + | | titletext = When you talk about the job experience you'll give me, why do you pronounce 'job' with a long 'o'? |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | Following on from [[1032: Networking|his attempts at networking]], [[Beret Guy]] | + | {{incomplete}} |
+ | Following on from [[1032: Networking|his attempts at networking]], [[Beret Guy]] conducts an interview for a programmer position ("writing stuff on computers" as he puts it) at his mysteriously successful company. | ||
− | + | The comic makes fun of a virtual economy where any actual connection to goods or services vanishes. The purported "company headquarters" look suspiciously like a fast-food place, although the online soup (a take on [http://soup.io]?) makes it somewhat more nerdy. | |
− | The | + | The label is a variation on the countless humorous signs near wall outlets and faucets. |
− | The title text | + | The title text makes reference to the story of Job ("job" pronounced with a long O), who was put through some horrendous ordeals just to prove his faith in God. This suggests that taking the job will make the interviewee feel like Job. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Beret Guy | + | :[Beret Guy ushers a prospective employee into a room] |
− | :Beret Guy: Welcome to our company! We're headquartered here, in this real building I found | + | :Beret Guy: Welcome to our company! We're headquartered right here, in this real building I found |
− | :[ | + | :[They sit down at a table carrying dishes. There is a wall outlet with a lopsided sign SOUP] |
− | : | + | :Interviewee: What do you ... ''do''? |
− | :Beret Guy: We make stuff for phones | + | :Beret Guy: We make stuff for phones |
+ | :Beret Guy: Like apps and stickers. | ||
− | + | :Beret Guy: We want to hire you to write stuff on our computers. | |
− | :Beret Guy: We want to hire you to write on our computers. We can offer you a bunch of paychecks | + | :Beret Guy: We can offer you a bunch of paychecks. |
+ | :Beret Guy: There are ghosts here. | ||
− | : | + | :Interviewee: Are you sure this is a company? |
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:Beret Guy: I hope so! | :Beret Guy: I hope so! | ||
− | + | :[Beret Guy plugs a cable into the wall outlet, a liquid pours into a soup bowl] | |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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