From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Jan 15 14:17:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA17078 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 14:17:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from MindBender.serv.net (mindbender.serv.net [205.153.153.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA17069 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 14:17:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from michaelv@MindBender.serv.net) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.8.8/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA22415; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 14:14:08 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199801152214.OAA22415@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Jan Koum cc: Alan Batie , MegaFred , Michael Slater , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Job Market for Sys Admins In-reply-to: Your message of Thu, 15 Jan 98 13:12:14 -0800. Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 14:13:39 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >>> C'mon, who would really want to work for Intel or MS, or even HP? >>> As for contracting out? I don't think I'd want to leave Silicon Valley. >>Those of us who couldn't imagine living in the bay area, for one :-) >>(it's bad enough here!) > Hehe.. true. Rent is expensive. Traffic is horrible. To have fun >on friday/saturday night you have to drive ~40 minutes to the city. Way >hot during the summer. Earthquakes. Everyone has a cellular phone. > And yet I love this place. :) Sounds just like Seattle, except replace ~40 minutes with ~20 minutes (except in "rush" hour), and hot with "just right". Oh yeah, and lots of rain. :-) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net Contract software development for Windows NT, Windows 95 and Unix. Windows NT and Unix server development in C++ and C. --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------