March 8, 2014 at 8:09 pm
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Koen Verbeeck (3/5/2014)
Pfff, than you have never been in Belgium before 😀
If we wouldn't be having the most traffic jam congested cities in the world, you could drive through the whole country in a couple of hours.
You can drive through the whole country in a couple of hours. I've done it (by avoiding cities). Germany to France.
I meant from west to east. You'd have to pass either Antwerp or Brussels. Either way, you're screwed 🙂
And you can go from Germany to France without passing Belgium as well 🙂
Brussels must have changed a lot since I was last there - the traffic wasn't to bad then, compared to other cities I knew, but that was about 15 or maybe 16 years ago. Antwerp I drove through the outskirts of on my way from France to the Netherlands and again on my way back in (I think) 2005 - it wasn't a problem at all then, nothing like the mess around Utrecht - but even that is long enough ago for there to be plenty of change since.
Traffic? Puh-lease! Try driving in Bangkok on Friday at 6PM.
Did you know that song was banned in Thailand for a time. The authorities thought it gave tourists the wrong impression. Well actually, it was the right impression, so I guess that's why they banned it.
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March 9, 2014 at 12:45 pm
Just noticed a change here, and I thought I'd let others know about it.
If you like to underline url's that you type in, you need to go [ u ] [ url ] <url> [ /url ] [ /u ] (without all the spaces) instead of [ url ] [ u ] <url> [ /u ] [ /url ]. I've used the latter format for years, but just noticed that it now has the [ u ] & [ /u ] in as part of the hyperlink (it didn't use to do that) and prevents it from working.
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March 9, 2014 at 2:14 pm
Jack Corbett (3/7/2014)
So for those of you who knew I was unemployed. I have an offer on the table. The only problem is that it involves going back to "real" work with hard deadlines, accountability, and going into an office. None of those are bad things, but it's just been a couple years since I've had all 3. The last job was a full-time telecommute and they thought they had hard deadlines and accountability, but it not really, and prior to that working for a non-profit where they were happy you there.I haven't accepted yet because another company is also interested in making an offer and I'm giving them a chance to see what they can come up with. The current offer is good and the benefits the come with the current offer are top shelf, so it'll be very hard to top.
Congrats!
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March 9, 2014 at 4:40 pm
Jack Corbett (3/7/2014)
So for those of you who knew I was unemployed. I have an offer on the table. The only problem is that it involves going back to "real" work with hard deadlines, accountability, and going into an office. None of those are bad things, but it's just been a couple years since I've had all 3. The last job was a full-time telecommute and they thought they had hard deadlines and accountability, but it not really, and prior to that working for a non-profit where they were happy you there.I haven't accepted yet because another company is also interested in making an offer and I'm giving them a chance to see what they can come up with. The current offer is good and the benefits the come with the current offer are top shelf, so it'll be very hard to top.
Congrats Jack!
Telecommuting is very good, but also going back to a real office won't be as bad as you may think. Look on the bright side: no more VPNs that disconnect, no more lync (or whatever) that mangles your words. Talking to real people in person is a different thing.
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March 10, 2014 at 4:57 am
Great news, Jack, and good luck!
Rodders...
March 10, 2014 at 5:18 am
Congratulations, Jack!!! Good to see it didn't take too long.
March 10, 2014 at 8:07 am
In addition to that they called themselves Senior or consultant or even manager
How come you call yourself a senior developer and you don't basic staff
100% agree
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March 10, 2014 at 8:24 am
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Jack Corbett (3/7/2014)
So for those of you who knew I was unemployed. I have an offer on the table. The only problem is that it involves going back to "real" work with hard deadlines, accountability, and going into an office. None of those are bad things, but it's just been a couple years since I've had all 3. The last job was a full-time telecommute and they thought they had hard deadlines and accountability, but it not really, and prior to that working for a non-profit where they were happy you there.I haven't accepted yet because another company is also interested in making an offer and I'm giving them a chance to see what they can come up with. The current offer is good and the benefits the come with the current offer are top shelf, so it'll be very hard to top.
Congrats Jack!
Telecommuting is very good, but also going back to a real office won't be as bad as you may think. Look on the bright side: no more VPNs that disconnect, no more lync (or whatever) that mangles your words. Talking to real people in person is a different thing.
Yeah, I'm just out of practice. I'm going to have to really work on my body language. On lync you can make faces or pound your head on the desk (as long as you are muted) without anyone knowing 😛
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March 10, 2014 at 8:27 am
odeddror (3/10/2014)
In addition to that they called themselves Senior or consultant or even managerHow come you call yourself a senior developer and you don't basic staff
100% agree
Thanks,
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March 10, 2014 at 8:30 am
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Jack Corbett (3/7/2014)
So for those of you who knew I was unemployed. I have an offer on the table. The only problem is that it involves going back to "real" work with hard deadlines, accountability, and going into an office. None of those are bad things, but it's just been a couple years since I've had all 3. The last job was a full-time telecommute and they thought they had hard deadlines and accountability, but it not really, and prior to that working for a non-profit where they were happy you there.I haven't accepted yet because another company is also interested in making an offer and I'm giving them a chance to see what they can come up with. The current offer is good and the benefits the come with the current offer are top shelf, so it'll be very hard to top.
Great to hear. Congrats.
I'm not sure I could go back into an office full time though.
Yeah, that's going to be a bit tough because of the lost time (90 minutes travel a day) and the loss of flexibility, but, there aren't as many FT telecommute jobs out there as there could be. The CIO at this company did say he is working on changing the culture to allow more remote work so there is some hope that there will be some change moving forward.
This is a good company that has a track record of retaining employees because they treat you well. They value training as well.
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March 10, 2014 at 8:41 am
Jack Corbett (3/10/2014)
Yeah, that's going to be a bit tough because of the lost time (90 minutes travel a day) and the loss of flexibility, but, there aren't as many FT telecommute jobs out there as there could be. The CIO at this company did say he is working on changing the culture to allow more remote work so there is some hope that there will be some change moving forward.This is a good company that has a track record of retaining employees because they treat you well. They value training as well.
Is that 90 minutes up and 90 minutes in return? Ouch.
Important though they value training.
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March 10, 2014 at 8:44 am
odeddror (3/10/2014)
In addition to that they called themselves Senior or consultant or even managerHow come you call yourself a senior developer and you don't basic staff
100% agree
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March 10, 2014 at 8:45 am
Jack Corbett (3/7/2014)
So for those of you who knew I was unemployed. I have an offer on the table. The only problem is that it involves going back to "real" work with hard deadlines, accountability, and going into an office. None of those are bad things, but it's just been a couple years since I've had all 3. The last job was a full-time telecommute and they thought they had hard deadlines and accountability, but it not really, and prior to that working for a non-profit where they were happy you there.I haven't accepted yet because another company is also interested in making an offer and I'm giving them a chance to see what they can come up with. The current offer is good and the benefits the come with the current offer are top shelf, so it'll be very hard to top.
Well, that is good news.
Have you accepted one or the other or both?
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March 10, 2014 at 8:46 am
Koen Verbeeck (3/10/2014)
Jack Corbett (3/10/2014)
Yeah, that's going to be a bit tough because of the lost time (90 minutes travel a day) and the loss of flexibility, but, there aren't as many FT telecommute jobs out there as there could be. The CIO at this company did say he is working on changing the culture to allow more remote work so there is some hope that there will be some change moving forward.This is a good company that has a track record of retaining employees because they treat you well. They value training as well.
Is that 90 minutes up and 90 minutes in return? Ouch.
Important though they value training.
I hope you mean 90 minutes per day and not each way. I completely agree with Koen on the positive note that they value training. That's pretty important if they want to continually improve. The proof is if they put time and money into it.
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