i'm traveling through a land where the only people getting off the train so far are
Instrument Lead Engineers,
SAP Business Analysts,HV export cable managers,
TECHNICAL SUPERINTENDENTS.
they flash their
A Class 1 (Engine) certificate of competency
they show their
familiarity with J2EE, EDIFACT, ANSI X12, XML in general, OIO and UBL2.0 as well as with Seeburger Add-ons and Netweaver Administrator
they boast of their
5 years experience with ISO, GxP / GMP requirements
and off they go,
Securing optimal project executions;
Designing, developing, configuring and supporting integration solutions.
they are
team players,
they have the
ability to travel up to 90 days a year,
excellent oral and written communication skills in danish and english,
and they end up in
good working environment(s) with emphasis on balancing work and family life, with Competitive salary and benefits packages.
all while i sit back, trying to enjoy the ride. keeping my eye out for familiar territory. and when i see it, yelling to the engineer that this just may be my stop coming up.
2 comments:
Of course I thought of you today when the NYTimes was posting left and right about the wonders of Denmark's super-bike-highways -- meaning roads (for example leading into Copenhagen) dedicated to the cyclist/commuter. Have you used one yet? Also, the photo in the paper shows a crowd of cyclists without helmets. Is it like France, where only the sporty types wear helmets? How do you treat this issue? (I ask as a rider who has had some dangerous spills that would have been far worse without the protection of a helmet, at the same time that I know that most rides are likely to be safe...)
We were talking about that article on FB yesterday. I haven't been on one of the bike highways-- I didn't know about them until the article! I've been a real suburban bike rider so far. We haven't ridden in Copenhagen yet, and to be honest, I'm a little nervous about trying-- they're serious commuters there... you really have to know what you're doing or it's possible you might get run over. Regarding helmets-- we definitely always wear helmets-- with the exception of little Henry who pulls his off and starts chewing on it or, if he can't, screams and cries until we take it off of him. Not the 'best practice.' Seems like they wear helmets less in Copenhagen than they do where we live. Here, I'd say it's about 50/50. It looked strange when we first got here to see so many without helmets, like it looked strange to see so many people smoking. You just forget about those sorts of 'dangerous practices' when you're used to Madison!
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