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From: joe@sybase.com (Joseph Weinstein)
Subject: Re: No employment available for mathematician/genius/programmer(LISP)
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|> 
|> gre*gar*i*ous adj. 1. fond of the company of others; sociable.  2. living
|>   in flocks or herds, as animals. ... 4. pertaining to a flock or crowd.
|> 
|> EWWWWWWWW!  Yuck!  If this is what it takes to get into computer science
|>   now, the career just lost some of it's appeal to me...  I don't want to
|>   make groupthink and herd mentality part of my lifestyle.  I've already
|>   tried personal networking to some success, but the cost of doing it is
|>   almost beyond my ability to cope.  Robert, we're probably going to be
|>   in the same boat...
|> 
|> Des Courtney


Well, how silly of an employer to want a sence of 'groupthink' in his/her
employees. Schedules and a common goal are retro tools of oppression.
If you don't want to part of a 'herd' you shouldn't expect any attention
from 'herders'. There are some folk whose contribution is so valuable that
they can tune and tailor their interaction with their consumers with complete
discretion, but for most folks this is an impossible conceit. We must reconcile
our value with our market, not our ego.

-- 
Joe Weinstein   joe@sybase.com   Sybase 1650 65th st.  Emeryville Ca 94608
							      510-922-3620
Say a prayer for all the fine young men who go down to the chips in C...
