Re: survey: who works full time on DFly and who has 'day jobs' ?

["Justin C. Sherrill" <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jonathon McKitrick wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 03:41:52PM +0000, Justin C. Sherrill wrote:
> : I ask this because one of the larger employers based in my town (Xerox,
> : here in Rochester) has sabbaticals for employees, where an employee can
> : leave, do work for a nonprofit for up to 6 months, and then 'come back'.
> 
> That's a fantastic idea.  I'm working at a firm in South Jersey, and I
> would love to take time off and work on DFly, python, or something
> similar.
> 
> What is the benefit for the employer?

Aside from a happy employee, it's probably a tax writeoff.  Unfortunately,
my employer (Time Warner) isn't planning any sort of sabbatical program
like this.  Darn.