[ale] OT - Where have all the flounders gone? (was RE: [ale] Filesystem Architect (was OT: enough w/t OT crap))

[SanMillan, Todd]

and, the pertinent example.  As I was typing my response, based on no
experience and limited reading, ppl who have direct experience and in-depth
reading were able to offer concrete info rather than my lame attempt.  So,
I'll shut up and let the experts answer.

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Hirsch [mailto:mhirsch at nubridges.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 3:23 PM
To: Fulton Green
Cc: Geoffrey; Danny Cox; ALE Mailing List; Marc Torres
Subject: Re: [ale] Filesystem Architect


On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 14:18, Fulton Green wrote:
> Also, any development shop that emphasizes pair programming, just one of
the
> practices of the ever-more-popular Extreme Programming (XP) methodology,
may 
> have difficulty with the virtual office thing.

I've actually had a fair amount of success in the past pair programming
with a shared desktop, headphones/mic and an internet telephone.  Of
course, that was before I ever heard of "pair programming".  Now that it
is an official meme maybe it won't work as well anymore.  :-)

--Michael
> 
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 02:07:31PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> > I'd suggest to her, that under the current job climate, it'd be foolish 
> > for someone to relocate for ANYTHING referred to as a startup.
> > 
> > Further, with current technologies, they'd get a lot more bang for their

> > buck by having someone do a virtual office solution.  I've been doing it

> > for over 5 years now and it works.  I'd be glad to provide suggestions 
> > for any problems they see that would arise from such a solution.  I'm no

> > expert, but I've been doing it a while now so I've overcome a number of 
> > hurdles.  The only one you'll never overcome is the manager who has to 
> > be able to put his/her hand on your shoulder to assure themselves the 
> > job's getting done.
> > 
> > Danny Cox wrote:
> > > Howdy!
> > > 
> > > 	I just received a call from a recruiter in Los Gatos California
(like:
> > > wow!).  Los Gatos is just south of San Jose, and is one of the
> > > higher-rent districts.  She's looking for a filesystem architect, and
> > > expects the candidate to move there (warning: very high cost of
> > > living!).  She claims that this is a "very well funded startup", so
take
> > > that as you will.  Her contact info is:
> > > 
> > > 	Mary Stahl
> > > 	408-559-7599
> 
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