Subj : Maximus on Solaris 10
To   : Mvan Le
From : Ryan de Laplante
Date : Wed Apr 11 2007 06:46 pm

 ML> Mate, if you don't know what to do now I suggest start 
 ML> forming some dreams. Avoid being defined by your work. 
 ML> People who say "I wouldn't know what to do on my day 
 ML> off" (or time in lieu, paid leave etc.) have absolutely 
 ML> NFI. They might as well get a Second Life account or 
 ML> some rope and a chair.

My dream since I was 12 years old has been to run a software company.  With the 
company I'm at now, I've almost reached that goal but my real goal is to start 
one from scratch and grow it.  Since I don't have a real plan, it hasn't 
happened yet. I don't think I'll ever be completely happy with my life until I 
at least try. Even if it crashes and burns.  To me work isn't such a horrible 
thing like it is for you. I love work.  I used to program a lot before I worked 
professionally. Now I do it at work for money, and come home and study things 
related to programming that I'm interested in and that I can use at work.  It's 
a hobby.  If I had enough money to retire at 40, meaning house paid off, nice 
car paid off, lots of money in the bank, AND I had not yet tried to start a 
software company than I would consider doing it.  I enjoy it.  I'm fully aware 
of the stresses involved, I live them every day.  It's not so stressful when 
you are organized.  Something else I'd love to do is travel all over the world. 
 Live in different countries for 6 months at a time.


 ML> Were they awarded as part of an employee plan ? or did 
 ML> you actually buy those shares -- good grief if the 
 ML> latter.

Wow you really don't like Sun.  I paid for their stocks because I love their 
software, their hardware, and what they are doing.

 ML> Yeah. The whole vertical scaling thing. Until your big 
 ML> server dies and there's no failover ... Sorry. I'm a 
 ML> big cynic.

Ok you so don't like Sun.  You can have failover with IBM serverS or Sun 
serverS, except I prefer Sun servers. Not everyone is an idiot like you may 
think.


 ML> Man. You mean that 401k ponzi scam your government runs ?
 ML> You need to be more active than that.

No, I live in Canada. We have something called Registered Retirement Savings 
Plan.  Any money you put into it, you get 100% of your income tax paid on those 
dollars back.  The money inside of the RRSP can be stocks, mutual funds, bonds, 
etc... Money you make inside of your RRSP is tax free, and you can reinvest it 
over and over.  You pay tax on the money as you withdraw it so you only take 
out a bit every month when you retire.   I own a number of mutual funds and 
stocks inside of my RRSP and they are doing quite well. Over 20% gains last 
year.


ttyl
Ryan


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