>Bonnie (and everyone else)
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>>Oh well, don't worry ... you'll find something. I haven't yet, but then I'm not really looking. Startups are more fun anyway. <g>
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>Well the sabbatical (that's my new euphemism for unemployment) terminates (that word has such finality doesn't it?) next Tuesday. I accepted a Software Architect position with Electronic Arts here in Austin. The job doesn't involve the actual game software itself though it's all internal systems. It's more money (which I should just direct deposit to UCLA) and way better benefits. And my two nephews and brother-in-law are totally happy with what'll become a windfall of games each year at Christmas time. Here's to hoping that the EA corporate culture disallows PHBs rather than embracing them as my previous employer (I'm really liking the sound of that more and more!) did.

I hope your experience with EA is different from what our daughter had in EA Orlando... PHBs maybe not, but clueless bosses yes. At least, working on their internal stuff gets you out of the main loop, deadlines, working until 10pm and such, while you still get to buy games for $5 or thereabouts at the door. Actually, IIRC, there's a brownie point system or something, if that didn't change meanwhile, where you earn the rights to buy games for cheap.