On Dec 16, 2004, at 7:27 AM, Christopher Schmidt wrote:
You people all complain about low pay, but it still pays 1.5x as much
as
I'm getting for doing sysadmin+coding work at my current job. Maybe I
should look for something different...
And the cost of living in Cambridge is pretty tough so the F
On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 11:47, Travis Roy wrote:
> > Thing I don't understand are the people who live in NH, but work in MA.
> > Frankly, if I did that, I'd demand to vote in MA or refuse to pay the
> > state income tax.
I was doing that for a while -- paying Mass taxes whilst living in NH.
When
Thing I don't understand are the people who live in NH, but work in MA.
Frankly, if I did that, I'd demand to vote in MA or refuse to pay the
state income tax.
That's nothing. When I was unemployed looking for ANY work I was looking
for work in Maine. They tax your income based on your federal t
On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 22:10, Jon maddog Hall wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > Frankly, if I did that, I'd demand to vote in MA or refuse to pay the state
> > income tax.
>
> That type of action only worked one time. Something about dumping tea in the
> harbor.
This time, it'll have to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> Frankly, if I did that, I'd demand to vote in MA or refuse to pay the state
> income tax.
That type of action only worked one time. Something about dumping tea in the
harbor.
md
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Executive Director Linux International(R)
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Mark Komarinski wrote:
And that's upstate NY. It's worse in NYC.
Taxachusetts indeed.
Yeah, I moved from KY to Massachusetts a couple years ago. The sales tax
here is lower, in KY it's 6%, and the bite from state income tax is
about the same, though lower once you factor in some deductions that
Also, it helps to do something unique that distinguishes you from the
masse' of other people in the field. Write a tool, some step-by-step
guides, a book, etc. In short, anything that says you have skills and
abilities that go above and beyond the norm.
That's key. I think writing procedures at Me
On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 06:27, Travis Roy wrote:
>
> That's what I did with my BURST! job and I got it. I didn't know about
> 40% of what I needed. But I showed them I could do it and learn and they
> hired me.
IMHO this is awesome advice, push your limits. Being thrown into the
middle of somethin
I think the general rule is if you can do 50% of the job, and it's in
your current field go for it.
That's what I did with my BURST! job and I got it. I didn't know about
40% of what I needed. But I showed them I could do it and learn and they
hired me.
I was scared to death, but it was a fant
Hi Chris,
I'm the guy who shared your w/l-bluetooth-cellular Internet connection
in the Manchester Airport before Thanksgiving.
> Only you can help you with the final choice of taking the job. But again,
> if you don't apply, you will never know what could have been.
I think this advice from Ma
Brian wrote:
Someone else seemed to think that a new laptop and cellphone, along with
benefits and vacation, were big "perks", IMO those are just the standard
offerings.
That was me. The last two years have seen me working for peanuts and
table scraps and *zero* benefits. It's been pretty sucka
On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 09:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Living a 2min walk from work now I can say it is nice. Walk home for lunch
> and all that. But we also have facilites in Marlborough and Somerville so
> I have to travel to those now and then (I'm in Somerville today).
2 minute walk to work?
On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 09:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
> I've never felt that me not having a degree has hurt me in any way as my
> work experience shows a diverse range of skills...
I've found -- painfully -- that while having a diverse ranges of skills
was a "shoe-in" in the 90's, it actually
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> Good point. At this point, I'm not really sure I want to leave where I do
> work; I like the environment, and I like the people, and I like being close
> to home, and I like the work I do. But there's something to be said for a pay
> raise, and working for ideals, somethi
On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 09:02, Mark Komarinski wrote:
...
> If you want to see taxes, move to NY. My brother lives in a house valued
> about 1/2 of mine, pays three times the property taxes I do plus a
> separate school tax. Then there's the 8.25% sales tax and the income tax.
>
> And that's upsta
Christopher,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> Does anyone have any experience with hiring, such that they could tell me
> how screwed I am if I ever leave my current job, since I dropped out of
> college to take it? At the moment, I'm quite happy, and planning on resuming
> studies (although not full
On Dec 16, 2004, at 7:27 AM, Christopher Schmidt wrote:
More to the point, I'm lacking the undergraduate college degree they're
looking for, and probably have a bit less experience as a sysadmin than
I'd be expected to. Unfortunate, since it looks like something that
would be really cool other than
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 10:10:43AM -0500, Jon maddog Hall wrote:
> Hi,
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > This makes me REALLY wish I was a coder. I'm recently unemployed and fit
> > (or could reasonably fake) all the requirements except: 3+ years experience
> > with at least two programming langua
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:57:49 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > The 5 minutes away part is always a variable, but the rest of the
> > "perks" are (IME) standard tech offerings.
>
> Totally, a mame cabinet, big woop. You're at work, you should be doing
> work, not play
Hi,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> This makes me REALLY wish I was a coder. I'm recently unemployed and fit
> (or could reasonably fake) all the requirements except: 3+ years experience
> with at least two programming languages. (and of course the programming
> skills requirements...)
[EMAIL PROTEC
> The 5 minutes away part is always a variable, but the rest of the
> "perks" are (IME) standard tech offerings.
Totally, a mame cabinet, big woop. You're at work, you should be doing
work, not playing games. :) Actually at Burst we had a breakroom with a
fooseball table. That got locked when the
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 09:42:27AM -0500, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
>
> >And that's upstate NY. It's worse in NYC.
> >
> >
> Actually, I believe the state tax is 7%; it's only 8.25% in NYC.
Sales tax varies per county. It's a state base of 4.25%, then something
tacked on by the county. Schenect
> More to the point, I'm lacking the undergraduate college degree they're
> looking for, and probably have a bit less experience as a sysadmin than
> I'd be expected to. Unfortunate, since it looks like something that
> would be really cool other than that.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with
If you want to see taxes, move to NY. My brother lives in a house valued
about 1/2 of mine, pays three times the property taxes I do plus a
separate school tax. Then there's the 8.25% sales tax and the income tax.
And that's upstate NY. It's worse in NYC.
Actually, I believe the state tax
One quick follow-up: do you mean Upstate NY (W. of Albany) or Downstate
(E. of Albany, not the City)? Having grown up in Rochester, NY, I get a
bit uppity hearing people from Eastern NY saying they're "Upstate"
just beacause they don't live in the City.
Yeah, I'm biased.
--
TARogue (Linux use
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Mark Komarinski wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 06:34:27AM -0500, Fred wrote:
> >
> > Another negative is that it is in Massachusetts, and on top of the low
> > salary you get to pay in mass taxes that of which you receive no
> > material benefit from (unless you live i
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 06:34:27AM -0500, Fred wrote:
>
> Another negative is that it is in Massachusetts, and on top of the low
> salary you get to pay in mass taxes that of which you receive no
> material benefit from (unless you live in Mass, in which case you have
> my sympathies. :-)).
>
>(Then again, not many programming jobs are five minutes away, have an
in-office mike and ike dispenser, a foosball table,
>and a MAME-based stand up arcade machine...)
Chris, you know I mean this with all due respect, but you need to get out
more.
The 5 minutes away part is always a variable,
On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 10:19:23PM -0500, Greg Rundlett wrote:
> The Free Software Foundation is looking for a GNU/Linux Sys Admin.
> http://www.fsf.org/jobs/fsf-sysadmin.html
>
> This has been open for a little while, but I don't think it is filled
> yet (page still exists). The pay seems a b
On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 23:31, Brian Chabot wrote:
> Greg Rundlett wrote:
> > The Free Software Foundation is looking for a GNU/Linux Sys Admin.
> > http://www.fsf.org/jobs/fsf-sysadmin.html
>
> This makes me REALLY wish I was a coder. I'm recently unemployed and
> fit (or could reasonably fake)
Greg Rundlett wrote:
> The Free Software Foundation is looking for a GNU/Linux Sys Admin.
> http://www.fsf.org/jobs/fsf-sysadmin.html
This makes me REALLY wish I was a coder. I'm recently unemployed and
fit (or could reasonably fake) all the requirements except:
3+ years experience with at least
The Free Software Foundation is looking for a GNU/Linux Sys Admin.
http://www.fsf.org/jobs/fsf-sysadmin.html
This has been open for a little while, but I don't think it is filled
yet (page still exists). The pay seems a bit low, especially in
Cambridge, but I don't know what a Sys Admin shoul
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