>>>I'm starting a new job in Hawaii on Sept 2nd. Obviously I'm quite exicted about it - but also a bit freaked-out as I've never even been to Hawaii before. The job is on the Oahu island in Honolulu. Anyone out here from Hawaii? I know Rick S. from west-wind is out there, but looks like he's on a different island...
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>>Wow! Did this come about suddenly or did you just wait to announce it?
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>I accepted the job Wednesday, and they want me to start on Sept 2nd - so I got not much time at all to get over there. It's a 2 year contract so I'm gonna be there for a while too.haha.
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>>IAC, that is really exciting. What kind of work are you going to be doing? (You're not switching to, uh, horticulture, are you? LOL)
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>It's a VFP position - they need someone to help with an existing VFP app as they do a conversion to .NET (gee what a suprise). I'm hoping to poslish up my C# skills over the next 2 years while I'm there too. I have a feeling that this might end up being my last VFP job - they're all slowly disappearing. Anyway if I can get my C# skills up to speed maybe I can even stay with the same comany beyond the two years if I want....assuming I like Hawaii (and something tells me I will..ha)

No doubt about that. The work sounds great, too.

My brother was in the Navy and was stationed at Barber's Point on Oahu for 5 years. He loved it. He also said that by the end he was getting "island fever" -- on a small piece of land far from the mainland U.S. (or anything else). The other thing he said was weird was that anglos are a minority. Oddly enough, he has been in Florida ever since, so I guess you are moving in opposite directions <g>.

Don't forget to stay in touch here, if you aren't too blissed out <g>.