[TAG] Re: [Lgang] linuxgazette.net down......

[Ben Okopnik]

On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 07:16:06PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote:
> On Wed, 26 May 2004 13:59:49 -0400
> Ben Okopnik <ben at callahans.org> wrote:
> 
> > I just got off the train from Richmond, where Sun was paying me to
> > teach a client of theirs (a large bank, actually) about the benefits
> > of converting to Linux. It went _very_ well - before I even left the
> > place, the manager called Sun to find out when I could come back to do
> > an advanced session.
> > 
> > Is "WOO-HOO!" the right term, or what? :)
> 
> Well done!! I bet Sun want to keep you forever and ever, eh? :) What's
> consultancy like out there in America? 

Tough, these days - at least according to all the other instructors I
know. I'm, uh, staying afloat without too many problems - although more
work would definitely be nice.

Not to blow my own horn excessively, but I'm a *damn* good instructor.
According to Sun - and this bit of info came floating up casually this
past winter, as a minor note in the info stream - I'm in the top 1% of
their instructors WRT student satisfaction. *World-wide*, that is.

Gave me a nice feeling (once I got my breath back.) Not bad for one a'
them furriners what don't speak English real good.


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