Evening Oppo

"yamahog" (yamahog) 10/15/2016 at 22:33 • Filed to: None

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I know a bunch of you are engineering students, and I’ve seen people ask about getting into the auto industry. For your sake, and for anyone else’s information, I want to talk about something obvious: DON’T DO STUPID SHIT. YOU’LL GET FIRED. AND NO ONE WILL HIRE YOUR ASS AGAIN.

Don’t come to Jalopnik/Autoweek/Oppo/Facebook/wherever talking about your cool proprietary knowledge. I promise you, they will not pay you nearly enough to cover your dumb unemployable ass until retirement age.

Don’t take pictures. Not in the plant, not in the proving grounds, nah.

DON’T LEAVE CAD UP ON YOUR LAPTOP. Especially exteriors! Even just running to take a piss - lock the screen, shut the lid, whatever!

Be smart. Do the job you got hired to do. Don’t be a liability.

Inspired by the FP BMW thing.

bob and john > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 22:38

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I laughed really hard at that. I really did.

At first I thought this was going to be a ‘dumb kids posts political shtistirring”

but then it got better :D

wafflesnfalafel > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 22:43

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loose lips sink ships...

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 22:45

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Where I work the turn over rate is so high my boss will hire you if you have heart beat.

PS9 > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 22:46

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Well fine Ms. Buzzkillington, I guess I’ll just delete that scheduled post I made with corvette zora autoCAD pics in it.

I’ll also keep quiet about the grand national coming back. Uhh...which it totally isn’t.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 22:47

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“Should we at least verify this is the real deal? I mean, we’re blindly trusting this so-called leak to the point where the word “probably” is in our title. It would seem irresponsible to —”

“POST IT. POST IT NOW. WE HAVE TO GET OUR CLICKITY-CLACKS ON”

yamahog > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 10/15/2016 at 22:48

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Is it Chrysler? I’m sorry

yamahog > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 10/15/2016 at 22:50

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*scans in fifth gen Camaro, adds hatch*

“NEW PONTIAC FIERO CONFIRMED”

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 22:51

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It is restaurant.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 22:53

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THE TURBO AWD FUSION WILL BE AN S4 FIGHTER, SAYS ME

THE TURBO AWD FUSION IS NOT THE S4 FIGHTER I-- I MEAN WE WANTED

RallyWrench > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 10/15/2016 at 22:55

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FTJ! FTJ!

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 23:00

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intern at a friends place decided to post a bunch of stuff to his linkedin page. He’s no longer majoring in engineering

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 23:07

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Now, if a manufacturer was really clever, they’d take CAD components of a failed design proposal (say a bumper or even a 3/4 view), find a way of getting it to the press a few months before the actual car is ready to be unveiled while making the files seem accurate, have it blow up all over the web, and then drop the curtain at the autoshow to unveil something that doesn’t feature any of those elements or parts, making the press who jumped on the “story” look like fools and at least partially discrediting future leaks.

shop-teacher > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 23:08

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Solid advice right there.

RallyWrench > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 23:08

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Wow, that is dumb as shit. I wonder if manufacturers use any kind of canary trap, specific identifiers for work stations or files, something to id the leak.

smobgirl > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 23:13

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So even though I primarily deal with housing loans, every so often I have to (get to?) inspect factories/industrial properties. The amount of paperwork required to photograph environmental concerns in a PVC factory for a legitimate report that the owner requested is ridiculous. I can’t even imagine proprietary concerns in the automotive industry.

bob and john > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 23:15

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god...dam. Look, i get you dont like them, but that doesnt mean you have kick’em when they are down...JFC someone call the burn ward.

dogisbadob > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 23:17

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Hillary is an engineer? :p

No really though, your obvious advice is good anywhere, not just for engineers in the auto industry

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 23:27

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You hiring mechie interns? I have closed laptop preferences in my resume.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 23:27

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FWIW, I’m pretty sure the M5 isn’t real. I don’t know this because they don’t tell us dick at the dealership level, but the M design language is not that solid outline shown in the render. The current Ms have the giant intake scissors on either end with a higher center section. This looks like a bad copy paste with someone who couldn’t figure out how to make it look “right”.

Nibby > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 23:28

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I have a good friend who works for a big auto company as an engineer and he always tells me how he hates it when stuff leaks out about his company’s future cars.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > yamahog 10/15/2016 at 23:36

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This is good advice. Even for little guys like me. We periodically get insider information or see engineers working on various things. Sometimes they tell us not to take pictures, but even when they don’t tell us it’s a good idea not to. For example, I got to see the C450 AMG, in person, months before the general public even knew it existed or would exist. But for that they basically told us we would be blackballed if we took pictures.

TheHondaBro > yamahog 10/16/2016 at 02:22

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hehe

Rico > yamahog 10/16/2016 at 13:24

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Lmao!

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > yamahog 10/16/2016 at 22:45

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Yeah...David Tracy directly worked on the new Wrangler and he can’t peep a word to Jalopnik writers. What he has within his mind is.....worth at least hundreds of dollars of ad dollars for Gizmodo media.

yamahog > CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) 10/17/2016 at 10:12

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When I was at FCA, I worked on those lovely cars built up in Brampton. Had a friend who wrote for Autoweek hit me up asking if I’d heard anything about something called a Hellcat. SORRY CAN NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY ANYTHING, NO INFO FROM ME, FRIEND. Rule of thumb is that if it’s been released to the public, public knowledge is safe to discuss. Not a moment sooner though, and not a bit more than has been officially released.