<div dir="ltr">Hi Uri,<div><br></div><div>I can offer to help out as a member of the welcoming committee. I live in East York, where an apartment can be had for not too much cash, but where it's still fairly close to public transit.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Please feel free to have the 'country hacker' contact me directly for information on Toronto.</div><div><br></div><div>Alex Beamish</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Uri Guttman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:uri@stemsystems.com" target="_blank">uri@stemsystems.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
hi all,<br>
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i have an interesting situation that i would like to get help with from <a href="http://toronto.pm" target="_blank">toronto.pm</a>. i have a young candidate from a small city in northwest ontario who has interviewed and tentatively been offered a job in the big bad city of toronto. he is wary about taking the job and the cto is also wary but wants to hire him. the hacker is just not comfortable outside of his small town world.<br>
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so my request is for some of you to take him under your wing. i don't know what this entails but of course it means inviting him to pm meetings and socials (he would sign onto this list) and being a big sibling to him. he actually rides his own motorcycle so he isn't just a closet case! the work environment is also different for him.<br>
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one issue he brought up is living expenses. the salary is on the lower end but i am fairly sure he can do fine there. of course his current expenses are way lower where he is now but he is also woefully underpaid.<br>
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any ideas or interest in helping him? i know you guys are a friendly and fun bunch and would welcome him in, but a more personal connection would be great. this is an odd situation and i working to help him out.<br>
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thanx,<br>
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uri<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Alex Beamish<br>Toronto, Ontario<br>aka talexb
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