Good luck over there and keep the open source flow going! Adrian Madrid
--- Michael Halcrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ``Et tu, Brute'?'' > > Yes, me. I will not be returning to BYU to finish > my Master's degree. > My manager surprised me half way through my > internship with a generous > offer to convert immediately to full-time regular > employee status at > the IBM Linux Technology Center, and I accepted. I > will be > transfering to the University of Texas to continue > my graduate work. > > This concludes my time at ``The Lord's University.'' > I am grateful > for the opportunity I had to attend BYU, and I > appreciate my > experiences from there. There are many factors that > I took into > consideration while making my decision; some of them > (although not > necessarily the most compelling ones) are: > > - The state of the job market in the future is > uncertain, and the job > experience from IBM is probably the best thing I > could have on my > resume at the moment. > > - Earning my Master's degree before starting work > would have a > minimal impact on my salary and job function at IBM. > Actual > performance largely influences where you will go in > the company. IBM > recognizes and rewards demonstrated talent, > regardless of level of > education. Let's hope I manage to demonstrate some > talent. :-) > > - IBM will support me while I continue my > education. > > - I really, really, really enjoy the work I am > doing at the Linux > Technology Center. After all, I get paid to write > Free Software! :-) > > - Going to another school to earn my Master's > diversifies my academic > portfolio. > > - While the professors and the students (for the > most part) at BYU > are exemplary, I would like to take my research to a > university whose > administration treats its students with more dignity > and respect. > > Thank you everyone for your support and your > friendship. I will > probably lurk around on this list for a while > longer. The > conversations here are more interesting than the > ones on the Austin > Linux User's Group list. ;-) > > Mike > > P.S. - I'm seeing what I can do to get an important > IBMer from the LTC > to visit BYU. No promises though at this point... > > -- > ------------------------------------------- | > --------------------- > Michael Halcrow | > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Developer, IBM Linux Technology Center | > > | > What's another word for synonym? | > ------------------------------------------- | > --------------------- > GnuPG Keyprint: 05B5 08A8 713A 64C1 D35D 2371 2D3C > FDDA 3EB6 601D > > ATTACHMENT part 1.2 application/pgp-signature > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ===== ----------------------------- Adrian Esteban Madrid HyperXMedia, Developer ================ ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
