On 05/17/2013 12:59 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" <steve.sundur@...> wrote: >> You know, it seems to me Barry is pretty much hitting >> the sweet spots of life right now. He's working on a >> cutting edge technology project for what is probably >> the most successful technology company that is and ever >> was. He was hand selected by someone to be the team >> leader of a portion of the project, he's living in what >> is considered one of the most cosmopolitan cities in >> the world, commuting on the weekends to be with his >> family, which includes a sweet little girl. How much >> better can it really get? >> >> And to top it off, he sounds as happy as I've ever >> known him to be. > Careful, dude...you *know* what happens to people > who say nice things about people that a certain > group here wants only bad things said about. :-) > > Seriously, thanks for the kind words. It's certainly > not as if my life is perfect, but it's as good as I > remember it *ever* having been, which is somewhat > of an accomplishment for someone my age to be able > to say. And given my age (I am without question the > oldest person in the building, given the mandatory > retirement age in France), it's really a pleasure > to be able to put a lifetime's worth of skills to > use instead of being retired in some ghastly old > folks community and having one's choices of > activities for the day be limited to shuffleboard > or playing gin rummy. :-)
Yup, you are very lucky because as you probably know about anyone over age 50 in the US in the tech field has difficulty finding work. Too many boink head twenty somethings who think they are gods of technology running companies.
