Re work: curiously, I recently received an unsolicited email from Google
inviting me to 'have a conversation' [managementspeak yeuch!].
This was apparently based on my volume of postings on the forum. (I
suspect not on their quality ;-) I suggested that first they look at my
LinkedIn page, which would have roughly revealed my age -- already greater
than yours will be when you 'come out of school'.

Since then, nothing. Nada. Not even an acknowledgement. Rude, I call it.