If You Think Flattery Will Get You Anywhere...

Posted April 21, 2006 at 2:13 PM

Tags: Life, Work

Well, that's where you're right. An old boss of mine made a very endearing comment in an email the other day (to an associate of his):

"The guy in NYC is Ben Nadel. He .... is one of the best programmers I know. He is also the person I find easiest to work with. Young guy, but super talented. I keep trying to get him to move to CA."

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Simon Free
May 2, 2006 at 5:41 PM // reply »
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Don't even think about moving to jobs! If you do i will hunt you down and force you to eat food with flavor!


Ben Nadel
May 3, 2006 at 8:03 AM // reply »
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Si, how could I ever think of leaving you?!? Plus, you know food with flavor would kill me.


Ben Nadel
Sep 1, 2006 at 9:43 AM // reply »
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testing...


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