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On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:05:56 +0200, andrel wrote:
>> I point being, what's the point of having a great job if it means you
>> have to live somewhere utterly horrid? Priorities...
>
> Indeed priorities. I would prefer a good job over a nice place to live.
I can see where he's coming from, though. I don't know that I'd want to
take a job in Manhattan - I love visiting Manhattan, but I don't think I
could work there day in and day out, much less live there. The crime
rate is too high for my tastes, for one thing.
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
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> I can see where he's coming from, though. I don't know that I'd want to
> take a job in Manhattan - I love visiting Manhattan, but I don't think I
> could work there day in and day out, much less live there. The crime
> rate is too high for my tastes, for one thing.
I work at town and live at somewhere which can be described as
countryside. For that I drive 75km to work and another 75km back to
home, making 150km total/day (almost 100 miles, that is).
And yes, it's worth of 2 hours extra per day to live somewhere I really
like to live.
> Jim
-Aero
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On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:26:27 +0300, Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>
>> I can see where he's coming from, though. I don't know that I'd want
>> to take a job in Manhattan - I love visiting Manhattan, but I don't
>> think I could work there day in and day out, much less live there. The
>> crime rate is too high for my tastes, for one thing.
>
> I work at town and live at somewhere which can be described as
> countryside. For that I drive 75km to work and another 75km back to
> home, making 150km total/day (almost 100 miles, that is).
>
> And yes, it's worth of 2 hours extra per day to live somewhere I really
> like to live.
Myself, I work from home most often - when I do go to the office, it's
about a 90 mile round trip. (I think we had this discussion before,
perhaps <g>).
But like you, there's no chance of me moving closer to the office, I like
he neighborhood I'm in. But that said, if a better job came along and it
was in, say, MA, I wouldn't discount it as a possibility if (a) the pay
were good, (b) they'd pay relocation expenses, and (c) I could find a
neighborhood there that I liked to live in. Oh, and most importantly (d)
my family was happy about the idea of moving to the area. (d) would be a
deal killer regardless of the pay. :-)
Jim
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>> Heh. When I was at uni, we discovered that our Java lecturer had
>> published a Java book. It was on Amazon, and not one reviewer had
>> anything good to say about it. ;-) Apparently it was riddled with
>> spelling and gramatical errors, sentences that didn't make sense,
>
> Sounds like the publisher did a crap job in hiring an editor.
...they hired an editor? ;-)
What, they didn't just print it because it was written by a university
professor?
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On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:34:31 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>>> Heh. When I was at uni, we discovered that our Java lecturer had
>>> published a Java book. It was on Amazon, and not one reviewer had
>>> anything good to say about it. ;-) Apparently it was riddled with
>>> spelling and gramatical errors, sentences that didn't make sense,
>>
>> Sounds like the publisher did a crap job in hiring an editor.
>
> ...they hired an editor? ;-)
>
> What, they didn't just print it because it was written by a university
> professor?
Being a University Professor doesn't guarantee that they can actually
write coherently. :-)
The publishers I have dealt with didn't care what your skills were as a
writer, going through an editorial review is a mandatory step. I
rejected 95% of the proposed changes from the editor because I do write
that well <g>. My co-author, on the other hand, has a PhD. in nuclear
physics, but as I mentioned before, his first language is Chinese.
Having an editor in his case was essential.
Jim
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>> What, they didn't just print it because it was written by a university
>> professor?
>
> Being a University Professor doesn't guarantee that they can actually
> write coherently. :-)
INSERT WHITTY REMARK HERE.
--
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On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:34:40 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> What, they didn't just print it because it was written by a university
>>> professor?
>>
>> Being a University Professor doesn't guarantee that they can actually
>> write coherently. :-)
>
> INSERT WHITTY REMARK HERE.
I'll consider it a 'witty' remark instead. ;-)
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:34:31 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>
>>>> Heh. When I was at uni, we discovered that our Java lecturer had
>>>> published a Java book. It was on Amazon, and not one reviewer had
>>>> anything good to say about it. ;-) Apparently it was riddled with
>>>> spelling and gramatical errors, sentences that didn't make sense,
>>>
>>> Sounds like the publisher did a crap job in hiring an editor.
>>
>> ...they hired an editor? ;-)
>>
>> What, they didn't just print it because it was written by a university
>> professor?
>
> Being a University Professor doesn't guarantee that they can actually
> write coherently. :-)
I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic :)
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On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:18:18 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:34:31 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>>
>>>>> Heh. When I was at uni, we discovered that our Java lecturer had
>>>>> published a Java book. It was on Amazon, and not one reviewer had
>>>>> anything good to say about it. ;-) Apparently it was riddled with
>>>>> spelling and gramatical errors, sentences that didn't make sense,
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like the publisher did a crap job in hiring an editor.
>>>
>>> ...they hired an editor? ;-)
>>>
>>> What, they didn't just print it because it was written by a university
>>> professor?
>>
>> Being a University Professor doesn't guarantee that they can actually
>> write coherently. :-)
>
> I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic :)
I'm pretty sure I was as well. ;-)
Jim
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