Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 04:46:17 -0400 (EDT) From: spork <spork@super-g.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD salary formula and a low key sales pitch... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.10004300444360.14519-100000@super-g.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.10004292032110.14519-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, spork wrote: > Hi, > Yes, I replied to all. You can all stop telling me that now, thanks. C > "...there's no idea that's so good you can't > ruin it with a few well-placed idiots." (like the reply-to-all default) > On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > >Sales pitch: > > > > > > > >If you have been thinking about moving to the bay area... > > > > > > > >IBM has excellent benefits, educational reimbursement for post > > > >graduate level study, sabbaticals, 401K matching, and a sick > > > >leave policy that would permit a person with a doctors note to > > > >miss up to 12 months in any 24 month period, if necessary. > > > > > > > >We (Whistle Communications, Inc.) are a predominantly FreeBSD > > > >shop within IBM. We not only need good people and are willing > > > >to pay for them (stock options are a 1:20 lottery, whereas a > > > >higher base salary can be invested however you like, at whatever > > > >level of risk you like, instead of betting the farm that your > > > >startup will IPO before it burns all its cash), we also need > > > >people to help spread the BSD gospel to the rest of IBM. 8-). > > > > > > All sounds good.... But what if folks want to live someplace > > > really NICE, like Laramie? > > > > I believe we are open to telecommuting, for reasonable > > definitions of that. You'd probably have to fly in for > > two (or three) weeks to start, and then be willing to do > > some phone/video conference time, telephone calls with > > team meetings and your manager, and occasional fly ins > > (at least once a month, perhaps more frequently, if there > > were a lot of meetings because a project was kicking off > > or nearing release). > > > > > > Terry Lambert > > terry@lambert.org > > --- > > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > > or previous employers. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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