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On 02/08/11 21:09, Gordon Henderson wrote:
When I worked in the states I got the impression that a 16 hour day was expected. No work - just 16 hours a day in the office. There was a real work ethic but no one seemed to do any.On Tue, 2 Aug 2011, Simon Waters wrote:On 02/08/11 19:34, Gordon Henderson wrote:Er... The job must be worked on-site at the FSF's downtown Boston officesA a guess, that's Boston, MA, not Boston, UK...It is.I've worked in Boston MA in the past. Really don't fancy going back!Any thing in particular? I've done work for a couple of clients around Boston MA (mainly Waltham and Concord), but never stayed longer than a fortnight at a time.I spent 2.5 years in the US in the early 90's. Oddly enough we were based in Waltham and Concord too! A real hot-bed of techie "stuff". I spent a lot of my time over in CA though. Lawrence Livermore Labs, but HQ was Boston-side. I worked at the time for a supercomputer company. (One of several in the area, but this was a British company with a US office - Meiko Scientific)Other than the subway from the Airport (reminds me of the railway line from Gatwick to Victoria - let us put our least respectable bits on show first to any visitors) it seemed a nice place.The whole "New England" thing is OK. Just don't go on a bus tour of Boston and admit you're British. The Old Colonial Inn in Concord itself was OK though.Apart from that - too hot in the summer, too cold in the winter. One day I walked from my appartment to my car and my beard & hair had frozen in the time it took. They were telling me it was -14 on the radio. (-14F)And I saw whales on a whale watch, and they had a museum full of holograms, a China town, bookshops, bagel shops and several Universities full of really clever people. What's not to like?Too much work. It was a bit heavy at times. Too many deadlines, not much time off, etc.
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