[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) wrote in news:1i26u6o.pthuan2j7nufN% [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Alex Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... >> Have you seen/heard of Jim lately? Cause I haven't. By the time he was >> the lead of the AspectJ team his charismatic presence was everywhere (at >> least around that project). > > He wasn't at OSCON this year, but I hope to see him at Pycon next year. > I don't see this as a deep dark M$ plot to kidnap and hide the best and > brightest Open Sourcers, because I know what it means to get a wonderful > challenging new job and pour all you have into it (I've had to skip a > couple Pycons, myself, though I hope to be back next year). > I wasn't trying to imply that (maybe just as a joke ;-)). It was more a personal curiosity. > >> However I do agree with you. The only remark is that US trends are not >> hitting my part of Eu so quickly ;-) (things are indeed changing). > > About 3 years ago I was also getting sick and tired about my own part of > the EU, which is part of why I emigrated:-). I do see things getting > better in Southern Europe, albeit from a distance. > Guess we both know the feeling then. > >> > These are the ones you don't wan't to work for anyway !-) >> >> Well... this is sometimes debatable :-). > > A totally clueless employer may still be a way to make some quick and > dirty money right now, but it will barely be enough to pay for the extra > Maalox and Zantac you'll need. Looking back on your life when you're > closer to retirement than to when you started working, you'll see what a > mistake it was to accept clueless-employers' offers, and how much > happier your life would have been if you'd known that up front:-). > He he... been there done that :-). Escaped only with couple of Maalox, though :-). bests, ./alex -- .w( the_mindstorm )p. > > Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
