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    wolfbinary
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    What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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      What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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      Pete OHanlon
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      Who says I do now. Perhaps I program amateurishly, or perhaps I do it rakishly. To answer your question, I'd do something else. I'd possibly put more effort into music than I have the time to do now. If I had the time, I'd love to get a PhD in Astrophysics.

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        What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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        _Damian S_
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        It depends why... if you are still fit and active, perhaps joining the police or fire brigade might be up your alley... If you are now disabled/unable to work, perhaps volunteering at the local hospital...

        -------------------------------------------------------- Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!!

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          It depends why... if you are still fit and active, perhaps joining the police or fire brigade might be up your alley... If you are now disabled/unable to work, perhaps volunteering at the local hospital...

          -------------------------------------------------------- Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!!

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          A contractor I replaced left professional development because he got burned out of it. I'm wondering what the signs are.

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            What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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            Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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            I'd be a pilot

            Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
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              A contractor I replaced left professional development because he got burned out of it. I'm wondering what the signs are.

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              Lost User
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              There was a contractor at a well known bank in the UK (many years ago) where the pressure was on - late nights being worked, stress stress stress. There were no signs prior to him being found, at midnight, on the top of the (20 stories or so) building, naked, howling at the moon. He took some time off.

              Life is like a pubic hair on the toilet seat... ...sometimes, you just get pissed off. .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

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                What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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                PIEBALDconsult
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                Hey, you first. Run a third-world cantina.

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                  A contractor I replaced left professional development because he got burned out of it. I'm wondering what the signs are.

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                  He should have embraced his inner Wally.

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                    A contractor I replaced left professional development because he got burned out of it. I'm wondering what the signs are.

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                    _Damian S_
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                    wolfbinary wrote:

                    I'm wondering what the signs are

                    When you dread getting out of bed in the morning because it's a work day... When you feel the need to cry yourself to sleep at night, or self medicate with alcohol... When you dread Sunday evenings because Monday is the start of the working week... When you sigh instead of get excited by having to work late, again...

                    -------------------------------------------------------- Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!!

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                      I'd be a pilot

                      Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
                      Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
                      Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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                      What sort of Pilot? Palm Pilot, Pontius Pilot, Pilot Whale, Pilot Hole. Sorry getting silly now. BTW did you ever find a source for the gloves you were looking for?

                      Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any valid solution *MUST* involve a larger can!

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                        What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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                        Gary R Wheeler
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                        My first choice would be to become a teacher. The few times I've filled that role, I've really enjoyed it. My second option would be technical writer. I'm reasonably good at it, and like it enough that I could do it for a living. It's a little difficult to imagine circumstances that would render my programming skills unemployable and yet would leave the rest of my faculties intact.

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                          A contractor I replaced left professional development because he got burned out of it. I'm wondering what the signs are.

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                          Steve Mayfield
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                          when the only things you do are: wake up, eat, program, eat, program, eat, go to sleep...dream about programming...repeat...

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                            What sort of Pilot? Palm Pilot, Pontius Pilot, Pilot Whale, Pilot Hole. Sorry getting silly now. BTW did you ever find a source for the gloves you were looking for?

                            Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any valid solution *MUST* involve a larger can!

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                            Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                            Yes, I do now own a pair of gloves. Yet I am only here for two more weeks ... and then maybe six in January. This kind of pilot: http://www.pilotcareercentre.com/APilotsLifeDetail.asp?APLID=124[^]

                            Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
                            Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
                            Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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                              What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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                              I'd roam the Texas hill country absolutely naked and make a name for myself...

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                                Yes, I do now own a pair of gloves. Yet I am only here for two more weeks ... and then maybe six in January. This kind of pilot: http://www.pilotcareercentre.com/APilotsLifeDetail.asp?APLID=124[^]

                                Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
                                Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
                                Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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                                Henry Minute
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                                Oooooooh! me too. Although the only experience I have is with that there Flight Stimulator, as my dear departed mum used to call it.

                                Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any valid solution *MUST* involve a larger can!

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                                  Oooooooh! me too. Although the only experience I have is with that there Flight Stimulator, as my dear departed mum used to call it.

                                  Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any valid solution *MUST* involve a larger can!

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                                  Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                                  I became a real pilot in August. A few hundred more hours and I will be a legal commercial pilot. It will be fun.

                                  Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
                                  Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
                                  Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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                                    I became a real pilot in August. A few hundred more hours and I will be a legal commercial pilot. It will be fun.

                                    Need software developed? Offering C# development all over the United States, ERL GLOBAL, Inc is the only call you will have to make.
                                    Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest Hemingway
                                    Most of this sig is for Google, not ego.

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                                    Henry Minute
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                                    Jolly well done Fraid it's too late for me. Eyes shot, Knees crumbling, mind going. Now where was I? Why am I standing in the kitchen with the fridge door open and the cat in my hands?

                                    Henry Minute If you open a can of worms, any valid solution *MUST* involve a larger can!

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                                      What would you do if you couldn't program professionally anymore to make a living?

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                                      Chris Maunder
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                                      Training hamsters

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                                        A contractor I replaced left professional development because he got burned out of it. I'm wondering what the signs are.

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                                        pseudonym67
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                                        When u look at the screen and all you see are chicken tracks it's probably time to take a break

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                                          I'd roam the Texas hill country absolutely naked and make a name for myself...

                                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                                          Tom Delany
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                                          John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                                          I'd roam the Texas hill country absolutely naked

                                          Whoa! Now there's a mental picture.... :)

                                          WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.

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