rezoomes Re: [geeks] motorolla powerstack?

[geeks at sunhelp.org]

Kurt Huhn wrote:


> Well, depends on your defenition of backwards. 


Obviously. I was working from the assumption that they *wanted* the
$200K contracts in NY, since that's what they said it would take to get
them to leave (specifically Jon Katz) where they are now.


> For me, moving me and my family to Manhattan is backwards.


Fair enough. For others it might be a good thing. 


> Working for huge companies is backwards.


See above.


> Wokring a defined schedule (including unpaid overtime) for 5 days a week is
> backwards.


Ah, see, here I disagree. I like my current day job schedule. 8 hours, 5
days, no overtime. The work is there to be done, and I put in my time
doing it and get paid. No hassles, no beepers, no nothing. I've done the
1.00am thing, and don't like it. I do projects on the side, on my time
and my schedule, and get paid when they're done. I like it that way. I
don't need no stinking beeper. If my own servers page me (send e-mail to
my cell phone) that's a different story. They're mine.



> I prefer to work for slightly less money, for small companies that give me
> freedom to do all sorts of stuff, at oddball hours (if I get paged by the


My current day job gives me that flexibilty. Work here, there, anywhere
I can get to the 'net, any hours I want, as long as it adds up to 40/wk.
I love it. But there's no beeper.



> loads of experience, use open-source products to do stuff inexpensively
> (instead of spending the GDP of small African countries on "supported"
> software).


Different worlds have different needs. I've done both, and they stay
well seperated. But I'll bet if your company has a 401k plan they depend
on someone spending the GDP of a small African country. And somebody has
to keep their machines running. If you'd rather not, that's fine. But
don't tell me not to, please.



>  It's all about the journey - to put it in Zen terms.  To put it
> simply - I get to be creative in my work, even when managing the folks who
> work for me.


Cool. I'm glad it's right for you.


 
> I *never* use personal contact ot get jobs - and never hire friends.  I want


OK. I have a different personal philosophy. I don't let work problems
interfere with friendships. If I disappoint my friend, that's a
different story, but I don't.



> Basically - I refuse to move or work in the big cities.


That's your right. But it doesn't mean the concept of cities is wrong.



> corn country - the city is about as foreign to me as Mars.  There might be
> more money there - but you also spend more money - and it ain't as
> comfortable as the suburbs.


To you. Some of us like cities. I like the country too. I'd love to buy
a farm, but it ain't happening right now (nor ever if my wife has
anything to say about it.).

It's also possible to have both. Ever heard of commuting? My friend at
the bank lives in a small town in the Poconos and finds it worth his
while to commute to New York City. He also work from home a lot. (I
think he was in his office a total of two hours last week.)


Choice. That's what it's all about. I never said everyone should run to
the City to make $20000000000000/yr. But for those who want to, there
are ways to do it.


---sambo