tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post4909104176870803715..comments2023-10-26T20:40:47.532+11:00Comments on opɯdʒɯlɯklɑr: Redwood City #2opoudjishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02106433476518749382noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post-31323663083464057442009-10-23T04:37:46.263+11:002009-10-23T04:37:46.263+11:00For me, California will always be simply the place...For me, California will always be simply the place my parents turned around on the 2-week camping trips they took with me every summer. Drive from New Jersey to San Francisco, tenting all the way; visit a few of their friends; drive back, tenting all the way.<br /><br />Now I have friends who have unaccountably moved there, but I no longer go camping, so I only see them when they fly to see me. (I fly only under duress, not because of phobia or nausea but because of severe leg cramps on the flight and severe jet lag afterwards.)John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post-6539635661566511122009-10-22T09:21:42.279+11:002009-10-22T09:21:42.279+11:00I lasted three years in SoCal. I suspect I lasted ...I lasted three years in SoCal. I suspect I lasted as long as I did because I was on a university campus, but still, I feel ya.opoudjishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106433476518749382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post-79289495182123531582009-10-22T09:05:39.843+11:002009-10-22T09:05:39.843+11:00When I finally graduated from college, a newly min...When I finally graduated from college, a newly minted Unix geek, I applied for several jobs out there. Interviewed at Sun (Battling Business Units got in the way of the hire), but ended up at a consulting firm.<br /><br />On arrival I learned that (1) a salary in Madison, Wisconsin is not equal to a salary in Cupertino, (2) way too many people do the same thing I do and (3) this was no place for someone who doesn't drive.<br /><br />I lasted two weeks, and then fled back to Madison, WI. A day or two before returning I finally got contacted by Sun about the job. Probably just as well I didn't let that tempt me.Wmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10894049524583247454noreply@blogger.com