A Conversation with Elizabeth
2000
Re: Canal houses

From:          LMixson
To:            Elizabeth
Sent:          Thursday, January 20, 2000 9:39 AM
Subject:       Re: Canal houses
 
The rent for the canal house is really low, a house of that size in this area can easily rent for $2000.  Putting money in a retirement plan, even a few dollars, can really get a good return.  My retirement fund made 20% for each quarter the past two quarters.  I had shifted a good chunk of my funds into a high-tech fund which really took off.  It snowed last night, when I got up there was three inches on the ground and it is still snowing.  It is quite beautiful the first day.  It gives me a chance to use my 4 wheel drive to get to work.  High today is supposed to be around 30 and tomorrow around 25.  I really like the snow and cold.  I have to go tomorrow to West Virginia for a meeting.  My AOL interview is on Monday, I'm supposed to see six people.  Not much planned for the weekend. Anne called about seeing a movie on Sunday, might go see the Green Mile.  Till next week.
 
Larry

I had been somewhat dissatisfied with PEC, I didn’t care much for the working on proposals, the travel, and the uncertainty of whether we would get another contract or not, and I was not real happy with the new management so every Sunday I looked though the massive Washington Post employment section to see if anything interesting showed up.  America Online or just AOL was hiring people like crazy, with several ad in the paper every week listing many different positions, so when I saw one for a software development manager, I thought it would be a good fit, so I sent in my resume using email.  

AOL was extremely popular at the time with over 30 million users and was advertising a lot on TV. In January of 2000 AOL made huge news when it announced it was acquiring Time Warner. I had known a couple of people that I had worked with that now worked at AOL. And the coolest thing was that AOL headquarters was in Dulles, just a few miles from where I lived.  A couple days later I got a phone call from a manager at AOL and did a short phone interview and he said he was interested in me and asked me to come in for an interview.

Re: Canal houses