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Subject: Re: Regarding a possible upcoming patch for CM9000

Author: John Merlino

Date: 21:09:36 11/28/02

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On November 28, 2002 at 20:31:15, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>Glad to see you again here. I hope you are Ok, in a most better position
>elsewhere. And if not yet, it will happen anyway. USAmites are somewhat dumb,
>but not so much as to let you messing around in your home..:-)
>My salutes to your talented wife
>fernando

Yes, I'm doing fine, and still coming here regularly, although I have a feeling
that I am going to be posting CM results less and less often because my machine
here at home is just not capable of doing reasonable analysis. Or, in other
words, it's just not fast enough to be competitive to what other people post
here.

I have not found another job yet, and honestly I suspect that I will not find
other work for at least another couple of months. Software development jobs are
very difficult to find during the holidays, for several reasons:

1) Most companies are mostly concerned about their big holiday releases at this
time, and do not need to hire new people for these projects.

2) Most companies have now reached the end of their yearly budget, and couldn't
get approval to hire new people even if they desperately needed them.

3) It's the holidays, and more people are taking vacations, and clerical things
like getting people hired just tend to take longer around this time.

I have applied for two jobs, and one of them was posted on a job-hunting website
over two weeks ago. I inquired about it, and was told that the there was no
intention to hire anybody for the position until at least the end of January!

However, my severance package was relatively generous, so I have a little time
to spare.

My wife says Hello!

jm



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