[ale] Filesystem Architect

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Thu Jul 25 15:58:57 EDT 2002


I don't know, that's why I asked why. I surely don't see an productivity 
gain in two people sharing a keyboard.  Sounds like a lot of pushing and 
shoving to me.

SanMillan, Todd wrote:
> umm, isn't the whole idea of pair-programming that you are two programmers
> are at one machine, sharing the keyboard?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoffrey [mailto:esoteric at 3times25.net]
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 2:45 PM
> To: Fulton Green
> Cc: Danny Cox; ALE Mailing List; Marc Torres
> Subject: Re: [ale] Filesystem Architect
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Fulton Green wrote:
> 
>>Also, any development shop that emphasizes pair programming, just one of
>>
> the
> 
>>practices of the ever-more-popular Extreme Programming (XP) methodology,
>>
> may 
> 
>>have difficulty with the virtual office thing.
>>
> 
> Why?
> 
> 
>>On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 02:07:31PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I'd suggest to her, that under the current job climate, it'd be foolish 
>>>for someone to relocate for ANYTHING referred to as a startup.
>>>
>>>Further, with current technologies, they'd get a lot more bang for their 
>>>buck by having someone do a virtual office solution.  I've been doing it 
>>>for over 5 years now and it works.  I'd be glad to provide suggestions 
>>>for any problems they see that would arise from such a solution.  I'm no 
>>>expert, but I've been doing it a while now so I've overcome a number of 
>>>hurdles.  The only one you'll never overcome is the manager who has to 
>>>be able to put his/her hand on your shoulder to assure themselves the 
>>>job's getting done.
>>>
>>>Danny Cox wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Howdy!
>>>>
>>>>	I just received a call from a recruiter in Los Gatos California
>>>>
> (like:
> 
>>>>wow!).  Los Gatos is just south of San Jose, and is one of the
>>>>higher-rent districts.  She's looking for a filesystem architect, and
>>>>expects the candidate to move there (warning: very high cost of
>>>>living!).  She claims that this is a "very well funded startup", so take
>>>>that as you will.  Her contact info is:
>>>>
>>>>	Mary Stahl
>>>>	408-559-7599
>>>>
>>>>
>>
> 
> 


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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?


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