No apologies needed. And that sort of empowerment sounds like a good deal to
me!
Brett
B. Estrade <estrabd@gmail.com>
On Jun 8, 2011 11:15 AM, "Clint Billedeaux" <clint@fastbadge.com> wrote:
> Sorry B,
>
> I wasn't trying to criticize you missing the place. Hell, missing it is
> understandable. Music, food, enough culture to turn the moon into cheese.
> I won't get a new job because my boss is forward thinking enough to work
> with me on developing his businesses and my talents. In about three to
five
> years though I might reconsider the idea. Depends on what's left to do
here
> and whether there's a bigger salary elsewhere.
>
> 2011? No kidding? What's changed? HA!
>
> Clint
>
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:47 AM, B. Estrade <estrabd@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 03:55:21PM -0500, Clint Billedeaux wrote:
>> > blah blah blah...
>> >
>> > New Orleans has history, I'll grant that. But really? Really? You
>> can't
>> > even call for a freebie on the politics, the gangs, the random
shootings,
>> > and the poor educational outlook because even if you get that mulligan
>> you
>> > still have backwards thinking business leaders here. Systemic, endemic
>> > squalor from top to bottom. Outside businesses don't stay outside just
>> > because there's violence, no talent pool, and bad politics...you can't
>> even
>> > conduct local business with anyone who isn't trying to scrape some
cheese
>> > off the cracker for themselves.
>> >
>>
>> Like I said, NOLA is a town that is not supposed to be. Yet it is. And
>> it certainly has it's share of talent, they just don't stick around -
>> hence a massive "brain drain" problem that *is* endemic in NOLA and
>> Louisiana in general (from top to bottom:). I am not making excuses
>> for why you think it sucks. I am telling you why I love and miss New
>> Orleans. It has nothing to do with tech or politics. I don't live in
>> NOLA because of opportunity, remember?
>>
>> > I'm in the New Orleans area because I'm stuck and with just enough
sense
>> to
>> > know I prefer Linux for my file sharing. Being able to convince my boss
>> to
>> > use Linux instead of Windows XP Pro to share files was just luck on my
>> part
>> > because even though XP Pro wouldn't allow more than 10 people to
connect
>> and
>> > pull down our files, people were content with 20% of their day spent
>> idle.
>> > I'm trying to squeeze my way into our website development now because
>> > sending email to India and waiting 24 hours for a response is annoying
>> > regardless of how much money it saves. When they break our order entry
>> > system and then clock out for the day, it's 72 hours before we're back
to
>> > reasonably handling our order order system.
>>
>> Sounds lik you need to do yourself a favor and get a new job. As we
>> recently saw, simply knowing Linux is not good enough anymore. It's
>> 2011, not 2001.
>>
>> Brett
>>
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