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From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com>
To: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net>
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Subject: Re: Job Market for Sys Admins
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On Thu, Jan 15, 1998 at 02:13:39PM -0800, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote:
> 
> >>> 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. :-)
> 

My wife, who used to live in Seattle, has taken to calling Seattle
"Ferenginar". ;-)


Josef

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