What's an antiquated programmer to do?

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Nothing is set yet....many, many things to think about.

Staying in Phoenix is top priority, so that's a plus.

However, I've been working from home in shorts and a t-shirt for 10+ years as my own boss. A cube farm environment will be WAY different. Distractions, a boss.....scary.

But it keeps food on the table and a roof over the head and gets me into the real world of current tech, ridding me of my dinosaur status.

Once the bird is in the hand (no I don't mean a REAL bird. I mean the new job). There's no downside to taking a shot at the two in the bush (a reference to the old job). Send them a note congratulating them on the move to SAP letting them know about your intention to leave them high and dry (move on) and offer to accept a kings ransom (enough cash to retire) if they really need you to help with the conversion. On a, what was it a $100,000,000+ job? There are sure to be a few loose millions floating around.