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        <title>Re: Sometimes working as a Java programmer pays off</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[David:

Certainly makes me regret not joining up! I interviewed back in 2001!

All the best,
Reza Rahman
Co-Author, EJB 3 in Action
Chief Software Architect, Tripod Technologies]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:24:02 -0500</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Jan 21, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Reza Rahman</jf:author>
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        <title>Bonsus, ha!</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bonuses always piss me off.  They're invariably awarded to the hacker in the bunch....]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:27:12 -0500</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Jan 18, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>John Lusk</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Why not just give cash instead? Or nothing at all?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>One thing I've found with offering these trips in the past is that:<br><br>1) <b>WITH</b> the trip option, people actually get out there in the world and have fun.<br><br>2) <b>WITHOUT</b> the trip option, sure, people could do it on their...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:08:34 -0500</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Jan 14, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Karl Banke</jf:author>
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        <title>Some other bonuses</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Recently I have heard that some companies also offer a 
free cruise around Sun once a year.]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:05:05 -0500</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Jan 14, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Maxim Zakharenkov</jf:author>
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        <title>Stock and Options?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[I'm surprised nobody has mentioned stock or stock options.  Maybe that's too 90's, but I have to say I still like having a stake in the company I work for.  Stock options are a concrete indicator that we're all in this together as a team.  Perhaps this...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:22:00 -0500</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Jan 14, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Kirstan Vandersluis</jf:author>
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        <title>Short or no commute</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Now that I am working on a contract that allows me to tele-commute 99% of the time, I would say that getting to &#38; from work is an important factor.  Here in Tampa, we have had an explosive population boom, but the roads are not able to handle the...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:33:31 -0500</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Jan 12, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Tom Pridham</jf:author>
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        <title>Why not just give cash instead? Or nothing at all?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[One thing I've found with offering these trips in the past is that:...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:16:36 -0500</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Jan 11, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Dave Sims</jf:author>
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        <title>Depends on who you want to attract</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Now I can't say I'm not interested in their freebie. That beats the pants off a laptop or a car. And yea, there's far more to work than freebie perks such as the team, culture, political climat, and faith in management....]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:45:50 -0500</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:author>Leif Ashley</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: The best incentives</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>My top three incentives (may vary to some extent, in particular if you move from single to married with children)<br><br>- Interesting things to do.<br>- Interesting people to work with.<br>- A good pay check<br><br>And on the bottom of the...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:31:17 -0500</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Jan 11, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>rebecca20</jf:author>
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        <title>Silly benefit</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's good only for people who have no children. And for people with good imagination regarding destinations and health that allows them to travel there. As the benefit probably does not really mean "anywhere in the world" (South Pole?), but only more or...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:28:31 -0500</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:author>Marko Gr??nroos</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Sometimes working as a Java programmer pays off</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Having gone from single to married in the last 5 years and parent within the last 2, what I look for in a job has certainly changed....]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:33:11 -0500</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Jan 11, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Bill Pyne</jf:author>
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        <title>RE: The best incentives</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A good pay check is very important, but benefits may be the only way you have to increase your incomings, as companies also have benefits  (mostly fiscal benefits) by paying in goods (trips, cars, ...) instead of money.]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:04:22 -0500</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Jan 11, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Rui Campos</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Sometimes working as a Java programmer pays off</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote><blockquote>Hmm .. that makes our <a href="http://www.jroller.com/cpurdy/entry/how_to_get_a_macbook">Mac Book Pro offer</a> look pretty stingy</blockquote><br><br>I take it Coherence doesn't run on Java 6? ;)</blockquote>

Autch! ;-)]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:07:15 -0500</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Jan 11, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Tom Eugelink</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Sometimes working as a Java programmer pays off</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48066</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>Hmm .. that makes our <a href="http://www.jroller.com/cpurdy/entry/how_to_get_a_macbook">Mac Book Pro offer</a> look pretty stingy</blockquote>

I take it Coherence doesn't run on Java 6? ;)]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:37:37 -0500</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Jan 10, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Patrick Angeles</jf:author>
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        <title>Bonus Leave?</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=48066</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[What about extra paid leave ?]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:26:04 -0500</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Jan 10, 2008</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Lyndon Samson</jf:author>
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