Re: I value my freedom more than almost anything... except duckets

2006-11-25 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: That's what I was trying to get at. Few would fault me if I claimed that my former employer practiced incessant micromanagement, as long as I had a few sane examples to back up my claim. However, the phrase repeated attempts to police the

Re: I value my freedom more than almost anything... except duckets

2006-11-25 Thread Andy Lester
On Nov 25, 2006, at 11:46 AM, Dave Rolsky wrote: I think Terrence's phrase could be altered just a little to something like my employer makes me feel like I'm a kindergartner or I feel like my employer thinks I'm a kindergartner and it would be more palatable. Best yet, turn it into a

Re: I value my freedom more than almost anything... except duckets

2006-11-25 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006, Andy Lester wrote: On Nov 25, 2006, at 11:46 AM, Dave Rolsky wrote: I think Terrence's phrase could be altered just a little to something like my employer makes me feel like I'm a kindergartner or I feel like my employer thinks I'm a kindergartner and it would be more

Re: I value my freedom more than almost anything... except duckets

2006-11-25 Thread Ask Bjørn Hansen
On Nov 25, 2006, at 10:02 AM, Dave Rolsky wrote: I don't think you need to be unremittingly positive. [...] It should probably really be don't be a jerk, but for most people that's too complicated so the generic advice ends up as don't talk smack about former employers. Smart people

landing a full/partial telecommute position

2006-11-25 Thread Anthony Ettinger
I've been getting quite a few calls from recruiters, however the one problem I face is that I would have a 3 hour daily commute to work onsite at most of the companies that are contacting me (1.5 hours each way). i've been trying to find a company that is open to my telecommuting at least a