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[rdl]

Heh, that article was written about me by my friend Jon!

It's not really very realistic for 2010 working for a big contractor, in 2005 things were in flux and I ran my own tiny company.

[blim → rdl]

Man, I loved your story! You're probably the best guy to give our friend here an informed opinion as a technical contractor. That was a completely different level of returns and it was your company.