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  #183  
Old July 3rd 08, 08:35 PM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.piloting
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In rec.aviation.piloting Mxsmanic wrote:
Rocky Stevens writes:


Real quick post, as I am about out the door, but I would recommend
looking at rentacoder.com. The money ain't great, since you are
competing against Bangalore and the U.S.dollar is in the tank, but it
is something. The biggest complaint of customers on that site is
vendors' lack of attention to detail, so you would offer a competitive
edge. Plus there is very little real human interaction, so the
introvert thing shouldn't pose much of a problem.


An interesting concept, and I'll look at it, although I suspect it requires
infrastructure that I do not have.


An excuse for failure right out of the box; what a surprise.

Last year I paid $99,585 to part time people who worked from home and
who's "infrastructure" consists of a PC and an Internet connection.

And guess what, they are all introverts.

And guess what else, two of them are immigrants.


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Old July 3rd 08, 08:55 PM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.piloting
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In rec.aviation.student Mxsmanic wrote:
Michael Ash writes:

Get out of Paris. I haven't lived in Paris but I've lived in the area and
I know it's a bad place to be poor and out of work. You say you like it
there, but you also say that money is important for you.


One of the reasons for having money is so that you can live where you want.


Apparently it's not the only reason. You said quite directly that your
happiness depends on money and that you have none. Living where you want
is clearly not enough to make you happy.

Visiting Paris or moving to Paris is much more expensive than living in Paris,
so if you have no money and you are in Paris, it's logical to remain there, as
you might never be able to afford to move there or visit there.


Not true. You're skipping over the whole risk analysis. Yes, it's possible
that if you move away then you'll be stuck somewhere else with no money.
It's also possible that you'll find a good job and have money and the
means to visit often. *Logically*, you should make the move if the
probability of success multiplied by the value of success is greater than
the probability of failure multiplied by the negative value of failure.

You can further reduce the risk by not moving until you've found a job at
your destination. These days it's entirely possible to apply for a job and
go through much of the interview process remotely. This is especially true
in IT and especially if you're one of the best in whatever niche you have.
If you're not one of the best, maybe you ought to dedicate some of your
time to becoming one.

Paris is expensive and not friendly to job hunters, so you ought to escape.
Leave France, for that matter; it's tough enough for a French person to find
work, let alone foreigners.


What you say is true, but most other cities are dumps. I didn't select Paris
at random.


Of course not, but there are plenty of other cities that aren't dumps. If
you insist on seeing the negatives, any city can be a dump, even Paris.
Hell, especially Paris. One thing I never miss about France is the dog
crap on the sidewalk. I mean, how can people even possibly think that's
acceptable?

Come back to the US, find a job here, and use the money to visit France as
much as you wish or are able to.


That is not cost-effective. A year in Paris as a tourist costs about
$120,000; as a resident, it can cost only %10-%20 of that. That's why I moved
to Paris in the first place.


Non sequiter. This analysis would only make sense if the entire goal of
your life is to live in Paris. I submit this cannot be true of you. If it
were true, you should be happy, because you have achieved your singular
goal. But you also want money, as you said.

You have to realize that you have two mutually incompatible desires, here.
You've said as much. Your position is such that you're not going to both
live in Paris and have money. So if you want to better attain those goals,
you're going to need to find a substitute. It's really difficult to find a
substitute for money. But visiting Paris on occasion can be a very good
substitute for living there. It's not as good, that's why it's called a
substitute, but it's still a fine thing.

You won't be in Paris, but you'll have a much nicer life in other respects.


What other respects? Living in some dump city 90% of the year? That doesn't
make sense.


Of course it doesn't make sense, because you just made that up. I never
proposed moving to a "dump". Move to a nice city. Yes, they exist. Even in
the US. Even in places where you can find a job.

Even with the current crappy exchange
rate, if you make visiting France your main hobby you won't spend an
exceptionally large amount of money.


After twenty years, I would have spent about six months in Paris. If I live
in the city, I can do that in ... six months.


Only relevant if your goal is maximizing your time in the city and nothing
else. I have it straight from you that this is not actually the case,
though.

I used to be poor in France. It was great, but not having money was no
fun. Now I work full time in the US. I miss France sometimes, but the
extra money more than makes up for it. I can go back any time I feel like
it, after all.


And what city do you live in? Cleveland?


I live in Alexandria, Virginia. It's across the river from Washington, DC,
on the Potomac. I'm a short walk from three grocery stores, a movie
theater, the regular kind of theater, a bicycle shop, two post offices, a
whole bunch of good restaurants, and various other shops. I'm a short
bicycle ride away from Alexandria's Old Town, which is a really nice place
to visit, and from various trails and parks. I'm a slightly longer ride
from all the DC monuments and museums, and a lot of other nice commercial
centers in the area. But I'm not actually *in* DC, so I don't have to deal
the crapitude over there. And I own my own place, relatively small, but
still 1000sqft with two bedrooms. I practically live in a park, with lots
of small buildings and trees and open spaces. And I'm only about an
80-minute drive from the gliderport which, while a bit long sometimes, is
really not that bad.

You seem to be in this sort of paradoxical situation where you need money
to be happy but are unwilling to make any changes to your life to achieve
it, because you're too afraid of losing what you have. Well, what's so
great about what you have? You are by your own admission not happy, so why
is it worthwhile to keep things as they are? I can't guarantee that you'll
be happy if you change, but I can guarantee that you will continue to be
*un*happy if you don't.

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Old July 3rd 08, 09:09 PM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.piloting
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In rec.aviation.student Mxsmanic wrote:
Socialization is very important in most jobs. That's why incompetent
extroverts can find work more easily than competent introverts.


This is simply not true. In the past six months I've turned down three
jobs. I am not actually looking for a new job, they merely find me and try
to hire me away. One was a firm offer, one got fairly deep into
interviewing, and one I turned down at an early stage. I have no doubt
that I could grab either of the latter two in short order if I felt like
it.

Try doing that as an incompetent extravert. I'm nowhere near as socially
awkward as some, but I'm definitely an introvert. I'm not trying to brag
here, but if you're in the computer field and you're good at what you do
then finding work in the US is not particularly hard.

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Old July 3rd 08, 09:11 PM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.piloting
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On Jul 3, 3:11*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:
Oh yeah, the world has it in for white males...


No, but foreigners are not well liked.


So let us understand. You want to live in Paris, the city of lights,
so (as you mentioned somewhere else in this thread) you can reject
social opportunities in order to play with your sim, you spent 700 or
800 hours a year doing that. Why, you could live in Fargo NC, or in
the rust belt, and do that. You have, you claim, skills in IT, you
presumably are fluent in French and English, and you can't turn your
skill set into a worthwhile job, if not in Paris elsewhere? Good Lord.
You may not like it, but if it walks like a depressive and talks like
a depressive it's reasonable to suggest some professional help would
go a long way.

These threads are SO much fun!
  #188  
Old July 3rd 08, 09:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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"Michael Ash" wrote
...

snip TONS of blather

Mike Ash
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Broadcasting from our climate-controlled studios deep inside the Moon



Do you really, really give that much of a **** what someone else is doing or
expounding????????????
Oh for ****'s sake.....................................

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Old July 3rd 08, 10:19 PM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.piloting
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Michael Ash wrote:
In rec.aviation.student Mxsmanic wrote:
Michael Ash writes:

Get out of Paris. I haven't lived in Paris but I've lived in the area and
I know it's a bad place to be poor and out of work. You say you like it
there, but you also say that money is important for you.


One of the reasons for having money is so that you can live where you want.


Apparently it's not the only reason. You said quite directly that your
happiness depends on money and that you have none. Living where you want
is clearly not enough to make you happy.



You are arguing with a lump of clay. Your time is surely more valuable.
Anthony's is worthless so he is happy to engage you endlessly in all the reasons
why he cannot be anything other than a failure.


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Old July 3rd 08, 10:45 PM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.piloting
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"terry" wrote in message
...

If your happiness depends on money then presumably you have had at
least 2 years to do some serious soul searching on why you dont have
money?
What skills do you lack to find a well paying job? You obviously dont
lack confidence in your intellectual abilities. Are you doing
anything to redress any deficiencies? or are you just going to
continue to deny you have them?


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persuit would require actual results, his public speaking career is pretty
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