[Az-Geocaching] Is unemployment higher among geocachers than the general population?

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MessageOn Behalf Of Team Tierra Buena
I just came home less than an hour ago from a reunion of former
colleagues.So far as I know, I was the only cacher there.
EricTD wrote: I was at a reunion tonight of employees from another high-tech
company.....

I guess you didn't get to meet Eric Quinn, either that or there were two
reunions tonight.

LOL
Connie
Team "Wyle E"
  -----Original Message-----
  From: az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com
[mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]Sent: Friday, August
23, 2002 9:33 PM
  To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
  Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Is unemployment higher among geocachers than
the general population?


  Why are so many geocachers losing their jobs?  Is there something about
the personality or work ethics of geocachers that makes them less likely to
succeed in the business world?  Does geocaching impede career success?
(Perhaps geocachers spend so much time looking for caches that they fail to
put maximum effort into their jobs).

  I don't think it's geocachers losing their jobs. I do think that many
geocachers come out of the tech, engineering, and IT areas, all of which are
in particularly dire employment straits, particularly here in Arizona.

   At one time we all worked together for what was literally the hottest
software company in the country (#1 performing stock on NASDAQ in 1996). I
spent 11 years there and hoped to retire from the company. It cratered, got
bought for next to nothing, and most of us got laid off or quit. I would
estimate that of the 30-40 people who showed up this evening, fully half
were either unemployed or have found jobs after being unemployed for six
months or more.

   I'm looking for a new job because I am not happy at my current
employment, but since I am working for a government agency, it is hard to
fire me unless I really screw up badly or commit an act of gross misconduct.
However, I've been submitting my resume to several organizations, and I have
an interview scheduled at a Stantec Consulting next week and with the Town
of Gilbert (at a office near Gilbert Historical Museum) in two weeks.
Hopefully I can move on to more interesting work at a better place for me.

  Good luck with the interviews, Ken. Hope you find something you enjoy.

  Steve
  Team Tierra Buena

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<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff><SPAN class=3D814180804-24082002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#000000><STRONG>On Behalf =
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Team Tierra Buena</FONT></FONT><BR>I just&nbsp;came&nbsp;home less than =
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the only cacher there.</FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT color=3D#0000ff><FONT size=3D2>EricTD<SPAN =
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>I was at a reunion =
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employees from another<SPAN class=3D930315804-24082002> </SPAN>high-tech =

company<SPAN class=3D930315804-24082002>.....</SPAN> </FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D930315804-24082002><FONT color=3D#0000ff>I guess you =
didn't get=20
to meet Eric Quinn, either that or there were two reunions=20
tonight.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D930315804-24082002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D930315804-24082002><FONT =
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D930315804-24082002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff>Connie</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D930315804-24082002><FONT color=3D#0000ff>Team "Wyle=20
E"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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  Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com=20
  [mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]<B>Sent:</B> =
Friday,=20
  August 23, 2002 9:33 PM<BR><B>To:</B>=20
  listserv@azgeocaching.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Az-Geocaching] Is=20
  unemployment higher among geocachers than the general=20
  population?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV>Why are so many geocachers losing their jobs?&nbsp; Is there =
something=20
  about the personality or work ethics of geocachers that makes them =
less likely=20
  to succeed in the business world?&nbsp; Does geocaching impede career=20
  success?&nbsp; (Perhaps geocachers spend so much time looking for =
caches that=20
  they fail to put maximum effort into their jobs).<SPAN=20
  class=3D814180804-24082002><FONT =
color=3D#0000ff>&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D814180804-24082002></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D814180804-24082002><FONT =
color=3D#0000ff>I&nbsp;don't think=20
  it's geocachers losing their&nbsp;jobs. I do think that many =
geocachers come=20
  out&nbsp;of the tech, engineering, and IT areas, all of which are in=20
  particularly dire employment straits, particularly here in=20
  Arizona.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D814180804-24082002><FONT=20
  color=3D#0000ff></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D814180804-24082002><FONT color=3D#0000ff>&nbsp;At =
one time we=20
  all worked together for what was literally the hottest software =
company in the=20
  country (#1 performing stock on NASDAQ in 1996). I spent 11 years =
there and=20
  hoped to retire from the company. It cratered, got bought for next to =
nothing,=20
  and most of us got laid off or quit. I would estimate that of the =
30-40 people=20
  who showed up this evening, fully half were either unemployed or have =
found=20
  jobs after being unemployed for six months or more. =
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D814180804-24082002></SPAN><SPAN=20
  class=3D814180804-24082002><FONT =
color=3D#0000ff></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D814180804-24082002>&nbsp;</SPAN>I'm looking for a =
new job=20
  because I am not happy at my current employment, but since I am =
working for a=20
  government agency, it is hard to fire me unless I really screw up =
badly or=20
  commit an act of gross misconduct.&nbsp; However, I've been submitting =
my=20
  resume to several organizations, and I have an interview scheduled at =
a=20
  Stantec Consulting next week and with the Town of Gilbert (at a office =
near <A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=3D25600">Gilb=
ert=20
  Historical Museum</A>) in two weeks.&nbsp; Hopefully I can move on to =
more=20
  interesting work at a better place for me.&nbsp;<SPAN=20
  class=3D814180804-24082002><FONT =
color=3D#0000ff>&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D814180804-24082002><FONT=20
  color=3D#0000ff></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D814180804-24082002><FONT color=3D#0000ff>Good luck =
with the=20
  interviews, Ken. Hope you find something you =
enjoy.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D814180804-24082002><FONT=20
  color=3D#0000ff></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D814180804-24082002><FONT=20
  color=3D#0000ff>Steve</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D814180804-24082002><FONT color=3D#0000ff>Team =
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