The problems of the US auto industry have trickled down to us. Last week I found out that Visteon was not renewing my contract. For the past almost 8 years I've provided Unix, web and programming support to the Utica Plant remotely. Before that I worked there on site for several years. It's pretty amazing to recall all the different locations from which I have worked. Literally coast to coast to coast and even offshore of some of those coasts on our sailboats. I've connected using telephone lines, cell phones, DSL, cable modems, wifi and wireless broadband cards. I've done my work while sitting in our boat's cockpit, at picnic tables in RV parks and in hotel rooms all around the country and even traveling down the highway at 60+ mph. It's been a real "trip" :) I'm sad that it's over but all good things must eventually come to an end. And I've always kept in mind that my original agreement to provide remote support was supposed to only last for 9 months. That stretched into almost 8 years so I can't complain!
Ross
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