Good Question

I have contacts (rather stale but voluminous) in Denver - plus I can stay with my mom.

I have fewer but somewhat warmer contacts in San Francisco - but the cost of living is less good and I don't want to burn through my savings - I can live on my boat for awhile though.

I've visited San Diego and rather liked it - its warmer than SF (which has weather that gets me down after awhile since it never warms up).

My wife's mom lives near LA in Ontario Calif. She's going to hole up there with our monkey while I close out the apartment and sell all of our stuff. So that might be a base to work from.

Actually, any nice warm coastal place I can keep a sailboat appeals.

I just blew off an interview with Ciber (the automatic testing freaks) in St Louis. I don't think I'm up for another BS loaded job with clueless tie wearing PHBs. I'd rather just write some cool stuff.

To tell you the truth, I'm kind of burned out and thinking maybe I ought to take some time off. I've also been inspired by TJSinclair's entrance into grad school - I've started applications to a couple of them - lined up some good recommendations so far. I still need something to carry me to next spring when I could get started though...

Post #75,213 by tuberculosis 1/17/03 4:29:02 PM 8/21/07 6:17:17 AM Reply	Good Question I have contacts (rather stale but voluminous) in Denver - plus I can stay with my mom. I have fewer but somewhat warmer contacts in San Francisco - but the cost of living is less good and I don't want to burn through my savings - I can live on my boat for awhile though. I've visited San Diego and rather liked it - its warmer than SF (which has weather that gets me down after awhile since it never warms up). My wife's mom lives near LA in Ontario Calif. She's going to hole up there with our monkey while I close out the apartment and sell all of our stuff. So that might be a base to work from. Actually, any nice warm coastal place I can keep a sailboat appeals. I just blew off an interview with Ciber (the automatic testing freaks) in St Louis. I don't think I'm up for another BS loaded job with clueless tie wearing PHBs. I'd rather just write some cool stuff. To tell you the truth, I'm kind of burned out and thinking maybe I ought to take some time off. I've also been inspired by TJSinclair's entrance into grad school - I've started applications to a couple of them - lined up some good recommendations so far. I still need something to carry me to next spring when I could get started though... I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customer got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously. We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines. I don't think we are. I think we're responsible for stretching them, setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house. I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun. Above all, I hope we don't become missionaries. Don't feel as if you're Bible salesmen. The world has too many of those already. What you know about computing other people will learn. Don't feel as if the key to successful computing is only in your hands. What's in your hands, I think and hope, is intelligence: the ability to see the machine as more than when you were first led up to it, that you can make it more. -- Alan Perlis Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 06:17:17 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #75,223 by boxley 1/17/03 5:20:53 PM Reply	got some nice marinas around here, dice 813,727 area codes will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] You think that you can trust the government to look after your rights? ask an Indian
Post #75,316 by deSitter 1/17/03 11:34:45 PM Reply	Great idea Go there Todd. You like boats, they got boats. Then I'd have three reasons to go to Florida soon. -drl
Post #75,347 by tseliot 1/18/03 2:27:22 AM Reply	We'll take ya. Gues the eariler job here was moot? Many fears are born of stupidity and ignorance - Which you should be feeding with rumour and generalisation. BOfH, 2002 "Episode" 10
Post #75,351 by tuberculosis 1/18/03 5:29:29 AM 8/21/07 6:22:32 AM Reply	Chief Scientists was recently converted JHead He took offense when I suggested that Java had shortcomings. It was the "off on the wrong foot" interview from hell. I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customer got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously. We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines. I don't think we are. I think we're responsible for stretching them, setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house. I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun. Above all, I hope we don't become missionaries. Don't feel as if you're Bible salesmen. The world has too many of those already. What you know about computing other people will learn. Don't feel as if the key to successful computing is only in your hands. What's in your hands, I think and hope, is intelligence: the ability to see the machine as more than when you were first led up to it, that you can make it more. --Alan Perlis Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 06:22:32 AM EDT Expand All History

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