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Subject:Re: Questions about the work day for the Whirlers From:John G <john -at- garisons -dot- com> To:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:00:57 -0400
So a friend of mine just dangled a job in Switzerland in front of me ...
close to St Moritz and Klosters for the skiers in the group. Worker bee
doing medical device documentation.
Now THAT would be a commute!
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Hear, hear.
>
> *I second that e-MO-tion........*
>
> > Chris
>
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > Now that I have attained that place in life where I don't have to work
> any
> > more unless I want to, the short answer to all those questions is,
> > "whatever I feel like." I'm not actively pursuing any gigs that would
> > require me to be up in the middle of the night or be a road warrior, and
> I
> > wonder if I have the patience to manage other people any more.
> >
> > On the other hand, if someone were to call me up and dangle something
> > really interesting in front of me, like another new bleeding edge
> > technology start up, I might just change my mind and dive right in one
> more
> > time. Never say never.
> >
> > Gene Kim-Eng
> >
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