Hmmm, I'm sensing some hostility here, but can you elaborate, and let us
know how you really feel?     :-)



Ray Shahan

"There is so much good in the worst of us,
and so much bad in the best of us,
that it behooves none of us
to talk about the rest of us"
                  --Robert Louis Stevenson?

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:31 AM
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> Subject:      Re: [HP3000-L] FW: [HP3000-L] High-tech jobs dwindle by 12%
>
> From my own experience my statement was meant to be more truthful than
> mean.
>
> Some time ago I was offered a position with a company (a really big
> company right here in Silicon Valley, CA) who offered me a whopping great
> salary of $40K a year. I laughed at them and declined their "wonderful"
> offer.
>
> I asked the joker who made me that offer "Do you realize how expensive it
> is to live here in Northern CA ?" No answer was the reply.
>
> Still looking and I must admit it is looking rather bleak.
>
> I'd rather be bagging groceries at Safeway than working my tail off for
> some IS employer who wants me on call 24 x 7 etc etc. You all know the
> hours you put in on programming projects....
>
> I don't mind putting in the hours but I expect to be realistically
> rewarded for my efforts in return. $40K a year! Don't insult me and don't
> waste my time.
>
> Brian Donaldson.

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