[Rhodes22-list] Huh, ..., and attachments

[Stephen Staum]

Hey David, way to land on your feet.  I was forced to change careers 15 
years ago when the co. I worked for went out of business.  I was 35 at the 
time though.  What is the +CS anyway?  I cannot believe that at 51 they 
thought you were too old.  By the way,  I live in Needham, MA and sail my 
'87 Rhodes out of Squantum Yacht Club in Quincy.  We sailed up your way last 
summer for family vacation and stayed at Salem Willows.  Maybe we can do a 
joint sail this season?  SS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Walker" <david.walker5 at comcast.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Huh, ..., and attachments


> Roger,
>
> I can empathize with you.  I was laid off nearly three years ago and have
> given up on getting back into the professional ranks.  I have a BSEE+CS 
> from
> MIT and worked continuously for 27 years in the high tech area.  Now 
> people
> don't even return my phone calls.  The only recruiter that was interested 
> in
> me was one that wanted ME to pay him $6000 for a job search.  The general
> consensus is that I am too old (51), and made too much money at my last 
> job,
> even though I am willing to take considerably less they don't believe me.
>
> The good news is I don't want to go back.  I have been slowly building my
> own photography business and am about to go into a partnership with an old
> friend to do high end sports work.  I'm still barely making a very reduced
> living but I'm  a whole lot happier.  The only rub is that my wife had to 
> go
> back to a full time sales job simply to defray the cost of health 
> insurance.
>
> BTW check out the pictures of my R22 in Stan Grayson's book "Sailing 
> Small".
> Mary Lou did a great job on the chapter.  Stan is a neighbor here in
> Marblehead, and I tacked back and forth off the Neck for an hour while he
> photographed me.
>
> Dave Walker
>
>
>
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