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    Who's got two thumbs and is Blizzard Entertainment's newest Senior Engineer?

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    Nov 04, 2010 5:13pm PDT
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    Who's got two thumbs and is Blizzard Entertainment's newest Senior Engineer? http://www.shackpics.com/... : DianeOfTheMoon

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    • In before 'Cock goes where?' : DianeOfTheMoon
    • Congrats! : The Grolar Bear
    • Get back to work and release Diablo 3. : aethyr
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      Holy shit! EPIC! Gratz! : SqueegyTBS
      • No..not EPIC...Blizzard! : jcrockerman
    • Congratulations! : alnyaThis person is cool!
    • Congrats Diane!! That's awesome I am happy for you and Blackcat! : grendelThis person is cool!
    • Grats! : daVinci1980
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      Congrats! Is this on the web team or the dev team? : Frozen Pixel
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        On the web team, doing "interesting stuff." : DianeOfTheMoon
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          i bet that's going to be a blast. : dahanese
          • I'm already extremely excited. It seems to be doing a bit of everything, which is right up my alley. : DianeOfTheMoon
    • Flipping sweet! : spazzium
    • Cooongratulations! : orgcaptainnemoThis person is cool!
    • Yay!! : jenisthebest
    • WOOOOOT!!! :D : dognoseThis person is cool!
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      LET'S TALK ABOUT CLASS BALANCE : SapiensThis person is cool!
      • (Grats!) : SapiensThis person is cool!
    • Congrats! : XAVdeMATOS
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    • good work!! : mXENOThis person is cool!
    • Congrats! : Serpico74This person is cool!
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      Senior Engineer as in Software Developer? Or something else? : KentorThis person is cool!
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        Their office building are falling over. They need a structural engineer to keep it all upright! : SqueegyTBS
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          That would be civil engineer. :) : DianeOfTheMoon
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            I've met a few that are pretty foul-mouthed : digital_dThis person is cool!
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              Wouldn't that be a bio-engineer? : DianeOfTheMoon
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                Wouldn't that be fowlmouthed? : mattavius
                • I think that's an ecological engineer. : DianeOfTheMoon
        • Senior Engineer can be applied to infrastructure folk as well in areas where the term isn't regulated, he... : KentorThis person is cool!
    • Grats! : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
    • congrats! : genocidalrobot
    • holy shit... grats, Diane! : vileThis person is cool!
    • Sweet! Congrats :) : action wombmate
    • wowowow gj!!! : pancake humper
    • Hey, you don't happen to go to the UW do you? : digital_dThis person is cool!
    • BOB KELSO! congrats! That's great news. : Goblin au
    • I hear Blizzard HQ is a HUGE place, must be daunting for the new people. Congrats! : byorn
    • congrats! how much xp did I earn last night before we stopped? was it 100 each for the trap room? : MisterPhoton
    • Kickass, gratz! : Nerdsbeware
    • Congrats!!!!!! : JohnnyRey
    • GRATS!! :D : smaxThis person is cool!
    • AWESOME! congrats Diane! : NitriumThis person is cool!
    • Quit attention whoring and get to work on Heart of the Swarm! Congrats! : theangrywaffles
    • #132
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      By: ovrlrd This person is cool! x Show Full Post
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      if this is true why aren't all your posts on the shack in blue now?
      Nov 04, 2010 5:20pm PDT
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      if this is true why aren't all your posts on the shack in blue now? : ovrlrdThis person is cool!
      • also grats! : ovrlrdThis person is cool!
    • congrats! : dahanese
    • Awesome! : MagicWishMonkey
    • Hooray! Congrats! : Fenring42
    • Grats!! : deveus1This person is cool!
    • Congrats! : slax0rThis person is cool!
    • photo of you with one of the giant statues on campus will be expected asap : smackncaThis person is cool!
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      The next thing you need to link is http://blizzard.com/diablo3beta/d3installer.exe : jingletard
      • i clicked :( : r3dn3ckThis person is cool!
    • Congrats!! : joninThis person is cool!
    • Awesome! : Haku-JinThis person is cool!
    • Awesome!!!! : chungathebungaThis person is cool!
    • Woot! Congrats! : kallantaThis person is cool!
    • Oh wow! GJ! : Dr_Cube
    • So I'm guessing the Worgen Guild is going to be EPIC! Congrats! : VegtroThis person is cool!
    • congrats and try to leak a diablo 3 build on the internet : hanged_man
    • Grats! : rmjackson
    • sweet, congrats! : askedrelicThis person is cool!
    • Time to get slizzard! : jcrockerman
    • Grats! : Haxim
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      What's a senior engineer do? - congrats btw, I know you've been wanting to get in bad. : abrasionThis person is cool!
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        Tell the regular engineers what to do, play WoW, and then take all the credit. : DarkWolf5This person is cool!
        • Those are Leads. : Frozen Pixel
      • They make seniors. Duh. : capt trippsThis person is cool!
      • drives the train to awesomeville : druciferThis person is cool!
    • Congrats! : ZeroSignalThis person is cool!
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      So do you get Cataclysm for free or what? : action wombmate
      • Well, its not not free : rmjackson
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        I already paid for it. :/ : DianeOfTheMoon
        • All good, not like it isn't worth paying for! : action wombmate
    • grats! : harold.johnson
    • soo awesome. : druciferThis person is cool!
    • Good on you, well done. : bombayThis person is cool!
    • Whoa, good job! : Hemtroll
    • Congrats! : Crw22This person is cool!
    • Sweet! And Congrats! Now get back to work! : MacemanInTW
    • holy shit for real?!?! that is AWESOME!!!! congrats!!!!! pls give d3 beta key thx : vitek r
    • WOOOOOOOOOOOO posting in this historical thread. CONGRATS, girlfriend!! : Megara9
    • Grats! That's really exciting! : MrBig0
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      this is awful but I feel like the shack comment system needs a like button :( Anyway, congrats! : bagelccThis person is cool!
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        UNF is our like. : dahanese
        • How very Tim The Tool-Man Taylor. : DeathloveThis person is cool!
        • then this gets UNF'd : Megara9
      • thats what lolscript = inf tag is for. dont listen to dahanese^^, she's just unfing to get some ass. : papaskotThis person is cool!
    • _/$\_ : mwasher
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      As I kept telling people during the interview, I was going to try and become an aeronautical engineer bef... : DianeOfTheMoon
      • Cool! : OmegaRed59
      • your welcome! (i have nothing to do with games besides consuming 'em). : j0nchanThis person is cool!
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        I take it this all started from the conversation we had outside of the movie theater after seeing Incepti... : Ctrl-PhreakThis person is cool!
        • That's exactly where it came from! Just us talking that night and being told to hand over a resume and n... : DianeOfTheMoon
    • Congrats Diane!! : ColoradoCNC
    • Gratz!!! : cjcharvThis person is cool!
    • Congrats! : KentorThis person is cool!
    • Gratz! I really wanna work at Blizzard or Bioware but I lack skills for any of the positions. : jdmSlix
    • Yay! Congrats, Diane! : Dschinghis Khan
    • That's p. ace, miss. Nice one. : Alice O'Connor
    • Awesome, congrats! : ant_hillbilly
    • wow awesome : bolneze
    • congrats! : retardhumperThis person is cool!
    • congrats! : graahThis person is cool!
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      That's awesome. Now you can bring your Worgen powers to fruition. : ChodThis person is cool!
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        Now I can directly complain to Chris Metzen. mwuahahahaha! : DianeOfTheMoon
        • Just walk up to him and put your arm around him. "Chris can I call you Chris? We have a lot to talk about... : ChodThis person is cool!
    • Nice job! A winner is you! : tashtego
    • Wow, congrats! : kazanma
    • Awesome! : shavenewok
    • Hey! Hey! Congrats! You deserve a stellar job like that. :) : arcane_
    • Congrats! Can you get me a beta invite? :( : NihilistThis person is cool!
    • Amazing! Grats! : GeoffroisThis person is cool!
    • GRATS DIANE! = D You are now obliged to get me in the diablo 3 beta if my other connections fail = ) : pixelat3dThis person is cool!
    • D3 beta invite to all! : Fish_BulbThis person is cool!
    • Holy crap they've never responded to me. Congrats!!!_! : PixelPie
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      Diane did you already work at Blizz or did you just now get hired from outside? Freaking grats either wa... : lefthighkick
      • I was an outside hire, but an inside man (an AWESOMETASTICSUPERCOOLFROODDUDE) convinced me to send in my ... : DianeOfTheMoon
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      very nice. Now can you get me a shirt like that? : TPSReportThis person is cool!
      • Yes. http://www.jinx.com/world_of_warcraft/men/warlock_class.html?catid=41&cs=2&csd=41 : BlackCat9This person is cool!
    • Holy snap! GrAAAAAATS! : HL3dsx
    • Amazing! Congrats! : furiouschuck
    • That's awesome!! Congrats! : stukaThis person is cool!
    • now to exact revenge for those who dare mess with blackcat in WoW! muhaha! : bosst0neThis person is cool!
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      That is awesome dude, pretty much my dream company to work for. Congratulations! : jeffmoeller
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        I just said dude, and then the photo loaded...well I call everyone dude. : jeffmoeller
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          In this case, it's even funnier that you did! : MorginThis person is cool!
          • Twist! LOL. : Super Sparker
          • Haha. : paulatreusThis person is cool!
          • Dude looks like is a lady! : boarder2This person is cool!
          • Lol! : riptydeThis person is cool!
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      Their EU team only need Senior Project Manager and Senior Web Designer right now (according to their webs... : SilverSnakeThis person is cool!
      • That would be pretty cool. :) : DianeOfTheMoon
    • Congrats! : EricZBA
    • Sweeeeeeet! Best of luck there! : freakynipples69
    • yes but how many toes do you have? : tunis5000This person is cool!
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      Holy fuck. : Danny5225
      • I mean congratulations! : Danny5225
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      nerf resto druid please : NighteyesThis person is cool!
      • oh yea, TERRAN OP : askedrelicThis person is cool!
    • congratulations! : hirezThis person is cool!
    • eff yeah! : persuxe
    • GRATS!!!! Looking forward to shacking while at work! : MercFox1
    • Grats, that's brilliant! : felicia
    • You got it! Congratulamatorians all around. And now you can give yourself all that tier 11 equipment on y... : locater16This person is cool!
    • now hook me up with a spectral tiger mount plz : crypt420This person is cool!
    • YAY! Congratulations to you! : PuppyStomper
    • Grats! Time to ban goonsquad? : skitzoThis person is cool!
    • nice! get to work on World of Starcraft! : riptydeThis person is cool!
    • Grats Diane! : memThis person is cool!
    • Congrats! But shouldn't it be seniorita engineer? : uncle slappyThis person is cool!
    • Sweet, congrats, I just renewed my WoW account after 2 1/2 years. : towlpanda
    • Grats!! Now sneak into the server database and make me 'kingslayer' Chuk. =D : chukThis person is cool!
    • whoa, freaking kick ass! : dignanThis person is cool!
    • What kind of technical questions did they ask you? Or are you not allowed to say? : integerThis person is cool!
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      Free lifetime WoW subscriptions for all shackers, right? : passingstranger
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        ::ziiiip:: : DianeOfTheMoon
        • Shiiiiit, I've been doing that for free. : BlackCat9This person is cool!
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      Congrats! What's a senior engineer at Blizzard make these day? About 10 years ago I had an offer from Bl... : SimulacrumThis person is cool!
      • You know I can't divulge stuff like that. :p : DianeOfTheMoon
    • Congrats and good luck :) : steauengeglaseThis person is cool!
    • holy shit no way. for the horde, right? you better not be an alliance spy : DownforceThis person is cool!
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      That makes 2 transvestite engineers working at blizzard that I know. What an odd statistic. : sammylThis person is cool!
      • Games programming is the most popular job for transexuals outside the sex industry. : BlackCat9This person is cool!
      • FYI, calling me a transvestite is a very big misnomer as I don't get sexual satisfaction from dressing li... : DianeOfTheMoon
      • Diane is not a transvestite, lol : riptydeThis person is cool!
    • What's a senior engineer? Also They still haven't given me a prize for February's comic contest :( : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
    • Couldn't happen to a nicer person; fully deserved! : massdev
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      Damn, congrats! The Shack is slowly spreading through the game development community. Like a cancer som... : SolrFlareThis person is cool!
      • I'm in remission. : RomSteady
    • Wow congrats. : re-verseThis person is cool!
    • way to go! : lord_omegaThis person is cool!
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      Sweet, you can use the blizzard paycheck to buy a real camera : EntityThis person is cool!
      • also, congrats. My first post looks nastier than it's supposed to :/ : EntityThis person is cool!
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      lol, girls can't do math. : BoxelderThis person is cool!
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        I don't see the problem! : crazywiggaThis person is cool!
        • Everyone is equal. : Navy Spitfire
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      omfg! no fucking way! you're a girl?!? : davislovestacobellThis person is cool!
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        Well, perhaps you should sit down... : trOmblyj
        • lol : bolneze
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      grats that is the most truly the most hardcore way to play diablo 3 early : spiderfill
      • inorite? I got tired of paying for Blizzcon tickets. : DianeOfTheMoon
    • too awesome! congrats : moshmanThis person is cool!
    • Good job! : wytefangThis person is cool!
    • Awesome! Congratulations! : funnynamehere
    • that's badass! : das_runtThis person is cool!
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      Wow, that's fantastic! Congratulations! Will your monthly WoW fee get automatically deducted from your pa... : tinfoilhatter
      • lol :D : DianeOfTheMoon
    • Ok, i give up. Who? : Snuffles-
    • that's awesome... congrats : shakybonez31
    • Welcome to the world of game development! Leave your soul at the door. : Fred GarvinThis person is cool!
    • Just in time for release parties.. W00t. GJ : rmjackson
    • woot! : deject
    • Will you get Diablo 3 released quicker? : sanchezThis person is cool!
    • Can I have a million gold? : snuffThis person is cool!
    • No doubt a dream job. Congrats. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't jealous. : Ellissd
    • Very cool. Congrats! : Greymatter42
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      Big congrats, Diane. Do you know what project you'll be assigned to? I'd so love to see another Ghostc... : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
      • I'll be in the web & mobile division, but who knows where I could go to? I'd kill to be on the class des... : DianeOfTheMoon
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      Wow, awesome, congratulations! Did you have a hard time in the interviews because you kept thinking "wow... : hunhauu
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        Actually, no. I kept talking about how wonderful it would be that I could work there, and about how it h... : DianeOfTheMoon
        • Cool, it's really nice when you get to an environment where you feel you can learn from people and still ... : hunhauu
    • Nice work! : Drewus
    • Congratulations!!! That is completely awesome, I am jealous. : VictoriouSecret
    • Congrats! : EnderWigginDA
    • Congrats!! Very Very Cool! : HiroThis person is cool!
    • Congrats :) : akaigirl
    • That is awesome. : baconisgod
    • who is that. : papaskotThis person is cool!
    • Sweet deal! Do we all get Diablo 3 beta keys now? :-) : ReevesThis person is cool!
    • damn! awesome news. You rule. : DapperDanThis person is cool!
    • so does that mean you'll be working with shlonglor now? I get the feeling he doesn't actually have any t... : brewsterdogThis person is cool!
    • Holy shit, congratz. You are still my heroine but even moreso. : LightzoutThis person is cool!
    • Congrats! : PortaxThis person is cool!
    • Awesome! I'd like a Diablo 3 beta key please. : herradura99This person is cool!
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      Awesome! Web and Mobile, eh? Time to bring the WoW auction house to mobile devices? If I still played, th... : boarder2This person is cool!
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        Wow you really haven't played in a long time, that has been around for months now. It's built into their ... : ovrlrdThis person is cool!
        • Oh, well there you go then! I haven't played in years. : boarder2This person is cool!
    • Congrats and best of luck!!! : metldudeThis person is cool!
    • Congrats, DianeOfTheMoon mounts in game for shackers?! : supermonkeyballzThis person is cool!
    • you lucky lock! : CecilPhilpot
    • great googly moogly ....gratz!!!! : cap n KRUNCHThis person is cool!
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      Can you look into my resume I sent over a year ago? I know they're on a hiring freeze in the GM depot, b... : Anastomosis
      • Also... HIGH FIVE! : Anastomosis
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        Being serious and not condescending here, but what exactly do you have to have to be a good GM? Play a lo... : PhreakinThis person is cool!
        • From what I gathered from people I know who are GMs, you have to be able to troubleshoot. Hard, I know, ... : Anastomosis
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        If you speak French I might be able to help you with a GM position : ColoradoCNC
        • Negatory. What I do have going for me is years in the customer service industry. A few of those years i... : Anastomosis
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        I interviewed for a GM job about five years ago and didn't get it. I know that I was more technically pro... : BlackCat9This person is cool!
        • Luckily, I have done some call center work. For a mortgage bank. Worst job ever. Not being a call rep,... : Anastomosis
    • that's fantastic, great job. : sixfoot6This person is cool!
    • mods, does this mean her name turns purple now? (grats btw) : Wikus Van De Merwe
    • Congrats! You gained another level. : d flukeThis person is cool!
    • omfg. i can't think of anyone who i would wish such good things on more Diane. Congrats!! : AMikaboshiThis person is cool!
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    • Completely awesome!! : happynoodleThis person is cool!
    • Congrats :) : MoreVespeneGas
    • I give you lovin' if you mail me the alpha build of Diablo 3. ;D : DM7
    • Woah, congrats!!!! Go and insert your seniority on some fools! :P Oh yeah, Diablo III please! : Alco23
    • wow you must be stoked : crummynzThis person is cool!
    • this picture confuses me : fried rice
    • congrats Diane!! : suicidemachineThis person is cool!
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    • Awesome! :) Don't forget to tell us all about the 'moneyhat' room where employees get to jump into a ... : laidbackThis person is cool!
    • Congratulations :) what sort of mobile stuff is Blizzard doing? : daelThis person is cool!
    • awesome! : klearlyunseen
    • Let me throw in here too...awesome! Congrats. : jason bergmanThis person is cool!
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    • Awesome, grats.. : [7]kamiThis person is cool!
    • wow. congrats! : dirge23
    • Congratulations and good luck ! : LukiopimpThis person is cool!

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