Colin, Sounds like you are in a tough personal situation. I hope things work better for you soon.
Kent Beck Three Rivers Institute > -----Original Message----- > From: Colin Putney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 10:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [XP] Extreme or Agile Usability > > > > > On Nov 7, 2004, at 12:18 AM, Kent Beck wrote: > > > In those situations I have always found there to be hidden costs and > > the > > time is never short enough. > > > > Where I live I can grow a garden, gather eggs, and hunt for meat. > > There are also physical jobs available here which require > sweat, but > > don't suck my soul. I'd rather program, but living well at the > > subsistance level is more attractive to me than being in work > > situations that compromise my values. > > > > Money is nice, but when I have put it first I have always regretted > > what > > came after. > > That's beautiful; congratulations on achieving that. > > Actually, I completely agree with the relative values you've laid out > here - in the long term I'm pursuing something similar. In the > short-term, though, I have a high tolerance for soul-sucking work. > Right now, I can't be near my wife-to-be: she lives in a > country where > I can't work and she can't enter any of the countries where I > can work. > Until we get the immigration paperwork done, my work > situation doesn't > matter very much. On the other hand, money both speeds things up and > makes the waiting easier to endure. > > So, yeah, money is nice, but no more than a means to an end. > Having it > can make the end easier to achieve, but pursuing it directly can make > the end more difficult to achieve. > > Colin > > > > To Post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > To Post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
