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Years ago, I worked with a guy who admitted that, in his spare time, he made Raga. I was deeply impressed with his mastery of what is, let's face it, a deceptively complicated musical form, until it was pointed out that he had a speech impediment and what he was saying was that he made lager.
This space for rent
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: he was saying was that he made lager.
Marc
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So you play lyre with kids? That's adorable. 
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Vincent Maverick Durano wrote: it's not very common for programmers to play a guitar or any musical instrument.
I beg to differ. Many devs I work with are musicians. As am I.
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: I beg to differ. Many devs I work with are musicians. As am I.
You're lucky to have worked with them. In our whole dev team, only 4 can.
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How large is your team? Four's enough for a band. 
/ravi
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Vincent Maverick Durano wrote: most of the time we do acoustic jam instead.
What bands do you like to listen to?
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: What bands do you like to listen to?
So many to mention. I am into 90s. I like to listen to STP, REM, AlicenChains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Audioslave, GunsNRoses, BonJovi and Alternative rock bands... and Reggae's too
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I've played at programming and the guitar for forty years and know lots of other programmers who have done the same 
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Wow! You're a legend, Sir! 
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Sorry not me. I do play the concertina - picked one up in a garage sale a very long time ago, got some books, and now I can almost make it sound good.
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Hi, in my experience many of the programmers I've met at companies like Cricket, IDD, Adobe, WildTangent, play musical instruments ... but, those companies ... that "arena" of graphic/drawing software ... perhaps attract creative types (?).
I play guitar ... classical, and (attempt to play) some flamenco, but it's just a "private hobby." I like playing in alternate tunings like: E A D a c e
cheers, Bill
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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I play bass in a band. I also play piano, sax, flute, guitar and the occasional hammered dulcimer.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx
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Been playing guitar since '79. Have a weekly jam with some friends and still play out occasionally.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Sorry for the late reply, but I've been out of the office all week! I took piano lessons as a kid, but used to piss off the teacher by memorizing the pieces or just playing them by ear. I played keyboards in a top 40s garage band for a few years in the late '80s...long hair + ripped jeans = chicks! It was a fun time! Keyboards were my first love, but I always had an affinity for bass lines...then I heard Iron Maiden's 'Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner' and everything changed. I learned bass and played in clubs for another 4-5 years until I met a girl...and everything changed.
Nowadays, I have a 300W half stack, a 4-string Fender Prophecy III, and a 5-string Les Paul Standard (cheap model) in my home office. I also recently got a decent 88 key Yamaha digital piano that I MIDI into the PC to control a really cool synthesizer app. I have no desire to play with a group anymore, preferring to jam along with media player. My grandma left me a really nice Baldwin digital piano 10 years ago. I play it when the wife is away...it's in the living room and when she's home, the TV is on.
Favorite bands in no particular order:
Iron Maiden (Steve Harris is a god!)
Rush
Yes
Dream Theater
Spock's Beard (in the sig)
King's X (older stuff)
Rock On! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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They stuck this to us yesterday[^]. At least as I'm going to almost certainly be one of the last out of the door as I'll be involved in the transition to Guadalajara at least I'll have until March. Some of my colleagues weren't so lucky and are not at their desks this morning as they are attending to their Garden.
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That's a right sunshine.
Sorry to hear that - hope you can find something else quickly?
Are you going to get a decent redundancy package, or are they throwing you just the statutory minimum?
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Package is good seeing as it's a US company. one month tax-free for every year service. Plus I think I'll be in the team that ensures everything gets transitioned smoothly and I believe there's an extra bonus based on the successful completion of that.
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That's something at least - it'll pay the mortgage for a time while you find another job.
Much work round there these days?
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OriginalGriff wrote: Much work round there these days?
Haven't got a clue. There's only one thing I hate more than writing a CV....and that's attending a Job Interview.
I have the option (it's not) of relocating to Guadalajara. 5 lucky people have the chance of relocating to Colorado (would have definitely considered that one).
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Anyway it's partly your fault for banging on about how much better SSD's are.
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Samsung make SSDs.
They just didn't jump on 'em early enough...
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Well if you're at a loose end, you can always troll Louise Mench.
veni bibi saltavi
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