<story><title>Ask YC: Any network gurus want a paid holiday?</title><url></url><text>I&apos;m in The Bahamas, at a semester abroad school and research institute.  Our campus is largely powered by renewables and we try to practice responsible living.  You can see more at http://islandschool.org and http://ceibahamas.org&lt;p&gt;One of my many hats is maintaining our network and data across our 18-acre campus.  This is something I do because I can, not because I&apos;m an expert.  We recently had a fiber link go bad that took several days to locate (because it propagated as many different things), and the result was a real wake up call.&lt;p&gt;So, here&apos;s the pitch:
You&apos;re a network guru that needs a break from the looming winter.  We&apos;re in a beautiful remote spot in The Bahamas with gorgeous beaches, great diving, snorkeling, fishing, you name it.
We&apos;ll fly you down (and a guest?), put you up and feed you (we&apos;ll even pick you up in a van running biodiesel we made from waste cooking oil).  All we ask in return is some sound advice on how to move forward and what tools we should add to our belts.
If this sounds too good to pass up, email me: gsiener at ceibahamas.org&lt;p&gt;Thanks!</text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>smaher</author><text>I volunteered at the Island School 4 years ago.  I can attest that it is a beautiful remote spot.  I was there helping out with their summer camp for middle schoolers and also working on some construction projects around the campus.  I&apos;d go back if I had the networking experience. Depending on my mood I found it peaceful or lonely as it is very isolated and I saw only 50 people total in the 1 month I was there. Other thoughts on my experience:&lt;p&gt;Pros - Warm tropical weather, great location right on a beach, great food cooked by locals everyday, friendly staff and students, interesting sustainability projects, pretty good library, great sailing, diving, and kayaking&lt;p&gt;Cons - No hot water (we did morning exercise that made this more manageable), lots of mosquitoes (I did get used to them  after a week or so), the island (Eleuthera) is fairly small so not too many places to go and explore&lt;p&gt;EDIT:  For those more visually inclined, here are my pictures:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/steven_maher/tags/thebahamas&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/steven_maher/tags/thebahamas&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Ask YC: Any network gurus want a paid holiday?</title><url></url><text>I&apos;m in The Bahamas, at a semester abroad school and research institute.  Our campus is largely powered by renewables and we try to practice responsible living.  You can see more at http://islandschool.org and http://ceibahamas.org&lt;p&gt;One of my many hats is maintaining our network and data across our 18-acre campus.  This is something I do because I can, not because I&apos;m an expert.  We recently had a fiber link go bad that took several days to locate (because it propagated as many different things), and the result was a real wake up call.&lt;p&gt;So, here&apos;s the pitch:
You&apos;re a network guru that needs a break from the looming winter.  We&apos;re in a beautiful remote spot in The Bahamas with gorgeous beaches, great diving, snorkeling, fishing, you name it.
We&apos;ll fly you down (and a guest?), put you up and feed you (we&apos;ll even pick you up in a van running biodiesel we made from waste cooking oil).  All we ask in return is some sound advice on how to move forward and what tools we should add to our belts.
If this sounds too good to pass up, email me: gsiener at ceibahamas.org&lt;p&gt;Thanks!</text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>markjeee</author><text>would be nice specially if internet access there is also super fast, so any network guru can just go there and still be able to administer remotely whatever he/she is administering before. :)&lt;p&gt;but any serious work related to network can probably last more than a few months. perhaps a sabbatical leave will do. :)</text></comment>