Accepted a job offer

[Ben Kenobi]

He's obviously afflicted by ague.

[Pekka]

It's a software engineering job in Tysons, not an investment banking job on Wall Street.

I'm sorry... oh wait, two things to avoid in life would include job in banking and software engineering. Don't look at the money, it's a distraction. It the devil asked you if he could have your soul, you wouldn't be impressed by a salary.

But congrats on the job!

[loinburger]

The only problem with programming is that you might wind up with an evil / incompetent boss who expects you to work eighty hours a week. Generally you can weed these jobs out in the interviewing process, and worst case you can just quit and find a better job.

In the past ten years I've only had to work a few sixty hour weeks, and these were the result of evil / incompetent clients instead of evil / incompetent bosses. In only one case did my boss let the client continue to do this on a regular basis, in which case I quit and found a better job.

[Uncle Sparky]

Sorry, was my pun not obvious enough.

It was acute pun.

[pchang]

My two favourite cities.

I remember downtown Prague used to be overrun with prostitutes once the sun went down. Has it gotten better since the 1990s?

[pchang]

I'm putting my money in index mutual funds. I have no pretensions about being able to beat the market.

However, I do have pretensions about being able to beat the market (as defined arbitrarily by the S&P 500 index).

[Aeson]

I remember downtown Prague used to be overrun with prostitutes once the sun went down. Has it gotten better since the 1990s?

You mean overrun by prostitutes before sundown?

[kentonio]

I remember downtown Prague used to be overrun with prostitutes once the sun went down. Has it gotten better since the 1990s?

I havent been for about 7-8 years, but it was fine then. You had to be careful of pickpockets in the tourist areas though.

[pchang]

You mean overrun by prostitutes before sundown?

No. During the daytime, I did not see them. At night though.................

[Aeson]

I meant that's how it gets better

[molly bloom]

It is spelt soupçon.

Really molly, I am disappointed. Not a grave mistake at least.

My keyboard doesn't do cedillas. It's acutely obtuse when it comes to foreign pronunciation and accents.

[Hauldren Collider]

Is it worth visiting any of the non-****ty Pacific countries like Japan, South Korea, New Zealand or Australia? I suspect they are more expensive than Europe. But I thought I'd ask.

[kentonio]

Why would any of those NOT be worth visiting?

[Hauldren Collider]

Why would any of those NOT be worth visiting?

It's a question of opportunity cost. I'm not going to more than one place. I'm trying to figure out which place is the best value for my time and money.

Also: Apparently they think I'm awesome and so I'm being hired as a Senior Associate Software Engineer, instead of Associate Software Engineer. Whatever that means. It seems to include more money, so that's nice

To everyone who said congratulations: Thanks I'm excited.

[kentonio]

Limiting yourself to one place isn't really necessary. Short range flights can be very cheap, so you could very easily just visit a region and hop between a number of places.