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In lugnet.loc.us.nc, Frank Filz writes:
> Well, my project at IBM just got axed today. We have 30 days to find a
> new job within IBM and a decent severance package after that. I still
> plan on attending BricksWest and local events in the next few weeks (I
> think I will be coming up to Richmond this weekend - I need to pace
> myself with some fun). I have a very promising job lead in San Jose with
> the IBM Almaden Research Center with the manager I worked with when I
> went out there just over a year ago. While that job would likely cut
> back on my LEGO spending, I think I will enjoy the area with plenty of
> activity in my two most important communities (LEGO and church). The bad
> news is that there aren't many IBM opportunities locally and a lot of
> folks competing for them.
Frank, being a fellow IBM'er I hate to hear these things. My group just went
through a major re-org but so far nobody has been let go. Unfortunately I work
at home and the rest of my team is in Santa Teresa CA and Austin TX and I don't
know if they are looking for people at the moment.
>
> I of course will not turn down any offers to pass resumes around (I'm a
> software engineer looking for OS, device driver, networking, or similar
> lower level programming with a breadth of experience in operating
> systems and machine architectures). I'm willing to move almost anywhere,
> but will be focusing on Silicon Valley, Portland Oregon, and Atlanta
> (all conveniently hotbeds of both LEGO and my church).
> Boston is also a
> strong possibility (though it seems to be a little less of a LEGO hotbed
> than a year ago, and it's certainly a hotbed for my church, and most of
> my family is there to boot, and I hear from one fellow employee who just
> came from Sun 8 months ago that Sun is hiring [she's giving serious
> consideration of going back], and I do see job reqs for Lotus [though I
> don't think there's too much for me in Lotus]).
Well, I will clear up one major misconception here in that your perception that
Boston isn't as much of a LEGO hotbed is way off target. In the last 2 weeks
we have had 4 meetings. Our problem right now is that we are working on a
major project that requires some amount of restraint when it comes to posting
publicly. Therefore most of our discussions in recent times have been taken
off line. Come sometime in March/April we will be able to make this project
public, and it will knock your socks off, but until then NELUG is pretty much
working off-line.
> Hmm, I think actually
> almost all of the LEGO hotbeds are good areas for my church also
> (there's probably even a connection there) so D.C. and the Tampa Bay
> area are possibilities also, and I don't think Southern California is
> out of the question.
Eric Kingsley
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