# Hey Lunker

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**Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\
**Created:** [June 14, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hey-lunker/24071 "2013-06-14T19:26:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hey-lunker/24071/1 "2013-06-14T19:26:01Z")

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Perhaps you have posted where your ducks are now hiding?

## – Sewermonger

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**Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hey-lunker/24071/2 "2013-06-15T05:52:03Z")

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Sewermonger wrote:  
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> Perhaps you have posted where your ducks are now hiding?[/color]

Good point Fluffy, I haven’t let this crew in on where my duckies and I  
are hanging our collective hats. We moved to Graham Washington in  
April, and sold our Renton house June 5. The house was on the market  
for 4.5 days, we had over 50 viewings, had five offers to choose from  
and we got 40K more than we were asking for it. Yes, the housing market  
is HOT here in the Seattle area. Our friends listed their house on the  
12th and accepted an offer the next day.  
Anyhow, my duckies are still snuggled in their packing boxes as I  
haven’t got my office sorted yet. Soon …

–  
Lindsey

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**Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hey-lunker/24071/3 "2013-06-15T06:21:22Z")

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On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:52:03 +0000, Lindsey Johnstone wrote:  
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> The house was on the market for 4.5 days, we had over 50 viewings, had  
> five offers to choose from and we got 40K more than we were asking for  
> it. Yes, the housing market is HOT here in the Seattle area.[/color]

Also here in the Salt Lake area. The average I saw a few weeks ago was  
17 days; we’ve got friends that we’ve known since Ken was 9 (Ken and  
their son went to school together) who just got a job in the UK (applied  
on a whim; teaching at a USAF school there) and their house was on the  
market 3 days.

We’re hoping to have our place ready by the fall so we can make our move  
to the PNW (Portland and Seattle are both possibilities right now).

Jim

–  
Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10  
Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner

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**Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hey-lunker/24071/4 "2013-06-17T18:06:01Z")

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This may help till everyone is out of the box: ‘DUCKS QUACK ME UP’  
([http://ducksarethebest.com/](http://ducksarethebest.com/))

## – Sewermonger

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**Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hey-lunker/24071/5 "2013-06-27T06:38:34Z")

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Jim Henderson wrote:  
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> On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:52:03 +0000, Lindsey Johnstone wrote:  
> [color=green]
> 
> > The house was on the market for 4.5 days, we had over 50 viewings,  
> > had five offers to choose from and we got 40K more than we were  
> > asking for it. Yes, the housing market is HOT here in the Seattle  
> > area.[/color]
> 
> Also here in the Salt Lake area. The average I saw a few weeks ago  
> was 17 days; we’ve got friends that we’ve known since Ken was 9 (Ken  
> and their son went to school together) who just got a job in the UK  
> (applied on a whim; teaching at a USAF school there) and their house  
> was on the market 3 days.
> 
> We’re hoping to have our place ready by the fall so we can make our  
> move to the PNW (Portland and Seattle are both possibilities right  
> now).
> 
> Jim[/color]

Would be dandy to have you in the neighbourhood.

–  
Lindsey

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**Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hey-lunker/24071/6 "2013-06-27T21:02:18Z")

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On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 03:38:34 +0000, Lindsey Johnstone wrote:  
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> Jim Henderson wrote:  
> [color=green]
> 
> > On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:52:03 +0000, Lindsey Johnstone wrote:  
> > [color=darkred]
> > 
> > > The house was on the market for 4.5 days, we had over 50 viewings,  
> > > had five offers to choose from and we got 40K more than we were  
> > > asking for it. Yes, the housing market is HOT here in the Seattle  
> > > area.[/color]
> > 
> > Also here in the Salt Lake area. The average I saw a few weeks ago was  
> > 17 days; we’ve got friends that we’ve known since Ken was 9 (Ken and  
> > their son went to school together) who just got a job in the UK  
> > (applied on a whim; teaching at a USAF school there) and their house  
> > was on the market 3 days.
> > 
> > We’re hoping to have our place ready by the fall so we can make our  
> > move to the PNW (Portland and Seattle are both possibilities right  
> > now).
> > 
> > Jim[/color]
> 
> Would be dandy to have you in the neighbourhood.[/color]

It would be fun to be there, too. We’re nearly to the point where the  
house is ready for us to think about putting it on the market - we need  
to finish the kitchen and a few other small things.

Who are the good employers in the area? Amy’s got friends at Microsoft  
(not likely I’d work there, though), Isilion (division of EMC), and I  
know a few folks at Amazon as well as my own Microsoft contacts. IIRC,  
one of my former contacts at Microsoft is at Expedia now.

But I’m not just looking for big companies - working at a startup might  
be fun, too. I’ve done the Fortune 50 company thing already.

I’m looking for information development (technical writing, knowledge  
management, and the like), training program development/management, or IT  
management positions primarily.

Something that could be done remotely would be great (though I know  
that’s not really an option for IT management roles), as I could start  
pretty quickly then.

Jim

–  
Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10  
Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner

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**Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hey-lunker/24071/7 "2013-06-29T08:01:32Z")

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Jim Henderson wrote:  
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> On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 03:38:34 +0000, Lindsey Johnstone wrote:  
> [color=green]
> 
> > Jim Henderson wrote:  
> > [color=darkred]
> > 
> > > On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:52:03 +0000, Lindsey Johnstone wrote:
> > > 
> > > > The house was on the market for 4.5 days, we had over 50[/color][/color]  
> > > > viewings, \>\> \> had five offers to choose from and we got 40K more  
> > > > than we were \>\> \> asking for it. Yes, the housing market is HOT here  
> > > > in the Seattle \>\> \> area.[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > 
> > > Also here in the Salt Lake area. The average I saw a few weeks[/color][/color]  
> > > ago was \>\> 17 days; we’ve got friends that we’ve known since Ken was  
> > > 9 (Ken and \>\> their son went to school together) who just got a job  
> > > in the UK \>\> (applied on a whim; teaching at a USAF school there) and  
> > > their house \>\> was on the market 3 days.[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > 
> > > We’re hoping to have our place ready by the fall so we can make our  
> > > move to the PNW (Portland and Seattle are both possibilities right  
> > > now).
> > > 
> > > Jim[/color]
> > 
> > Would be dandy to have you in the neighbourhood.[/color]
> 
> It would be fun to be there, too. We’re nearly to the point where  
> the house is ready for us to think about putting it on the market -  
> we need to finish the kitchen and a few other small things.
> 
> Who are the good employers in the area? Amy’s got friends at  
> Microsoft (not likely I’d work there, though), Isilion (division of  
> EMC), and I know a few folks at Amazon as well as my own Microsoft  
> contacts. IIRC, one of my former contacts at Microsoft is at Expedia  
> now.
> 
> But I’m not just looking for big companies - working at a startup  
> might be fun, too. I’ve done the Fortune 50 company thing already.
> 
> I’m looking for information development (technical writing, knowledge  
> management, and the like), training program development/management,  
> or IT management positions primarily.
> 
> Something that could be done remotely would be great (though I know  
> that’s not really an option for IT management roles), as I could  
> start pretty quickly then.
> 
> Jim[/color]

Little outfit up in Lynnwood called Attachmate, not sure what all they  
do.   
This is a resource open to all [https://fortress.wa.gov/esd/worksource/](https://fortress.wa.gov/esd/worksource/)  
I got the most action (and my job) through Dice [http://www.dice.com/](http://www.dice.com/)  
Monster was a dud, but LinkedIn was pretty hot.

–

Lindsey

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**Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hey-lunker/24071/8 "2013-06-29T08:09:23Z")

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On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 05:01:32 +0000, Lindsey Johnstone wrote:  
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> Little outfit up in Lynnwood called Attachmate, not sure what all they  
> do. [/color]

Never heard of 'em, will have to check it out. 😉  
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> This is a resource open to all [https://fortress.wa.gov/esd/worksource/](https://fortress.wa.gov/esd/worksource/)  
> I got the most action (and my job) through Dice [http://www.dice.com/](http://www.dice.com/)  
> Monster was a dud, but LinkedIn was pretty hot.[/color]

Great, thanks for the pointers. 🙂

## Jim

Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10  
Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner

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**Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hey-lunker/24071/9 "2013-07-10T17:06:02Z")

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Lunker,  
You realize that he’s going to have quite a bit of duck sauce.

## – Sewermonger

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On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:06:02 +0000, Sewermonger wrote:  
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> Lunker,  
> You realize that he’s going to have quite a bit of duck sauce.[/color]

Duck sauce makes an excellent sheep dip. Mutton. Yum.

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**Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/hey-lunker/24071/11 "2013-07-26T00:16:01Z")

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Now that’s something I hadn’t thought of. Mutton sauce

## – Sewermonger

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