| Pete Dashwood 2007-03-19, 6:55 pm |
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<docdwarf@panix.com> wrote in message news:etllpf$ms4$1@reader2.panix.com...
> In article <56674aF26q2fbU1@mid.individual.net>,
> Pete Dashwood <dashwood@removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote:
<snip>
> I'm sure it does, Mr Dashwood... but don't worry, we still tolerate your
> words despite it all.
>
:-) Fair enough...
> So what's the new job? Do you need any COBOL-coding fools to submit
> bragsheets?
>
I would be very glad to have you working on a project with me, Doc. (No
sarcasm, I mean it...)
Unfortunately, as I cannot legally work in the USA and you could not leave
Killer alone in order to work overseas, it is unlikely to happen. :-)
Although I let your negativity get to me this time, it doesn't blind me to
your value:-)
Sometimes, when we are doing the best we can in the face of difficult odds,
it is aggravating to be rained on by someone who appears to offer nothing
constructive to the case...
Never mind, I'm calm now... :-) (Usually it is water off a duck's back...
.... the sunshine and hot sea water seems to have fixed it... :-))
As to the new job, I have decided to continue what I'm currently doing
(developing a web service in C# that will allow address validation and
conversion for NZ addresses. The engine is in OO COBOL and has proven to be
very robust, achieving over 90% success on free format input ) for the next
8 w s. At the end of that time, I'll either have something worth selling,
or I'll have to look for a real job. There are some very good Project
Management jobs going right here in NZ at the moment so I'm hopeful I won't
need to go back to Europe. Actually, any of the three options (stay here
and market the address service, take a PM job in Auckland or Wellington, or
go back to a PM job in Europe) are OK by me, but I'd prefer to stay here.
Pete.
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