Re: OT: just What?

From: mountain man <hobbit_at_southern_seaweed.com.op>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:11:14 GMT
Message-ID: <CE6Bh.1693$4c6.39@news-server.bigpond.net.au>

"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:r64Bh.6933$R71.103953_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>I am going to do a little self-promotion of my own.
>
> I think it is time for me to come out of retirement and relocate to the
> US. The first question is: Where should I target? The second is: What sort
> of work should I look for?
>
> Where?

...[trimmed]...

> What?
>
> Something interesting of course. But things are getting interesting in a
> lot of areas. Data volumes are getting interesting. Pattern inference and
> machine learning are getting more mainstream--everything from fraud
> detection to gene/drug discovery. Distributed computing and parallel
> processing are real up and comers.
>
> I wouldn't mind taking on something entirely new to me that might force me
> to open a textbook or read a research report or two.

See below.

> No travel or government work though. I did the whole travel thing for a
> decade, and I hated that I couldn't have dogs. Now, I have my dogs making
> regular travel a non-starter.
>
> Does anyone here have any suggestions? Or any information about any places
> that might have a good quality of life near smart techie people?

How about a research project in ancient history? http://www.mountainman.com.au/essenes Received on Thu Feb 15 2007 - 18:11:14 CST