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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 10/14/2004, you wrote:
> >    Endangered species: US programmers
> Yes I read this and oh boy is it so depressing.  I work as  a programmer 
> and all the work I've done to make things easier in my company to work 
> from home so that I can live a rural lifestyle is probably going to bite 
> me in the paycheck as they switch from me to some cheap foreign worker.
>
> I'm not ready to make the jump to another career yet but am looking for 
> other options that will work for me.

Until three years ago I was a software engineer.  I even had my own company 
for a while but business died because of offshoring, imported programmers, 
and age.  I now have my own business doing woodworking, stained glass 
installations, and home repair.

Don Bowen
Awl Knotted Up Woodworking
Valley Center, CA             http://www.braingarage.com