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From: Frank Shute <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> To: Tom Davison <tom@lubs.leeds.ac.uk> Cc: Schools List <suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com> Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Techies Date: 02 November 2001 06:01

On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 04:15:00PM -0000, Tom Davison wrote:

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i have read the replies on this subject and i have come to the

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yourself over to the unix/linux side - there's more money there & you'll enjoy the work more.

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ok sorry just realized that i went into selling mode then but you get the idea, i am only 21 which does go against me but i think i get a rough deal with my pay and workload.

Hey, I'm near 40 which really works against me!

When I was 27, I was told - "Sorry, you're too old to be employed in our programming department." -FYI, they were still using COBOL, RPGII and FORTRAN. I wasn't actually old enough :^) 15 years on, I'm still here. Guess about the company... Regards, Paul