A pretty good day. I even took a walk, albeit a short one because the
weather looked dicey. I felt a few stray drops, but stayed dry. (In
fact, it did rain, hard, in the evening, and I got wet taking the
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Thanks for the advice (which that is, no matter what you call it -- it's perfectly welcome).
Amazon is pretty much out of the question; I already knew about the sweatshop aspect of it. Microsoft is iffy; I'm used to working for a company with ethics that pretty much match my own, and I haven't developed for a Microsoft OS for over a decade.
The thing that could make Seattle possible is retirement, combined with odd bits of contracting, telecommuting, or some low-stress part-time job that I'm seriously overqualified for. Housing is cheaper up there, especially if we can share the cost with another family.
And *many* thanks for the pointers to {indeed,glassdoor}.com.
If you do move to Seattle, a local novelist and bass player (and harmony singer) is a dear friend of mine going back 35 years, Kara Dalkey. I wonder if you two would enjoy getting together just to jam? (And you have other musician friends in the area, as I know.) She does really well backing up acoustic guitar players, even without rehearsal as her ear is excellent.
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Amazon is pretty much out of the question; I already knew about the sweatshop aspect of it. Microsoft is iffy; I'm used to working for a company with ethics that pretty much match my own, and I haven't developed for a Microsoft OS for over a decade.
The thing that could make Seattle possible is retirement, combined with odd bits of contracting, telecommuting, or some low-stress part-time job that I'm seriously overqualified for. Housing is cheaper up there, especially if we can share the cost with another family.
And *many* thanks for the pointers to {indeed,glassdoor}.com.
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