> The 5 minutes away part is always a variable, but the rest of the > "perks" are (IME) standard tech offerings.
Totally, a mame cabinet, big woop. You're at work, you should be doing work, not playing games. :) Actually at Burst we had a breakroom with a fooseball table. That got locked when the shit started hitting the fan and sales were in the toilet. Living a 2min walk from work now I can say it is nice. Walk home for lunch and all that. But we also have facilites in Marlborough and Somerville so I have to travel to those now and then (I'm in Somerville today). I make okay pay for what I do. Would I travel up to an hour for twice the pay.. of course. > Someone else seemed to think that a new laptop and cellphone, along with > benefits and vacation, were big "perks", IMO those are just the standard > offerings. Not just standard offerings but they are required to do a sysadmin job effectively. I have a work issued laptop and I get $100 towards my personal cell phone a month. I actually like this better because it allows me to not carry a second cell for personal stuff, or feel like I'm mooching off my work cell phone for personal calls. It also lets me pick the plan/phone I want. If you work for a decent smaller company getting the time off you need usually isn't a problem (even more so with the extra hours us sysadmins do). Benefits I really could care less about since my wife is a teacher and I get great benefits from her job. > As I've told you before, I think that you're giving up the ability to > earn more than you currently do. Especially with all the women you have > to support ;) I've known plenty of places that hire without a college > degree. Hell *I* have no college degree and I'm a hiring manager... If > you weren't so hung up on the 5 minutes away part (and was willing to > travel a bit) I could probably make a spot for you on my team early next > year... I agree, for what I know of Chris and what he does he could make a lot more money. So you spend 30-40mins on the road to/from work. Big deal, tons of people do it. You may spend less time with the ones you love, but you can afford to get them a bigger place, a better car for you to commute in, and can take better vacations. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
