Joshu asked Nansen: "What is the path?"
Nansen said: "Everyday life is the path."
Joshu asked: "Can it be studied?"
Nansen said: "If you try to study, you will be far away from it."
Joshu asked: "If I do not study, how can I know it is the path?"
Nansen said: "The path does not belong to the perception world, neither does it belong to the nonperception world. Cognition is a delusion and noncognition is senseless. If you want to reach the true path beyond doubt, place yourself in the same freedom as sky. You name it neither good nor not-good."
At these words Joshu was enlightened.
Who knew that Fridtjof Nansen was a Zen master along with an Antarctic explorer?
Ex ThoughtWorks employees (amongst many, past present and future):
- DaveAstels
- TimBacon -- author of XmlUnit
- AlanFrancis
- SteveFreeman
- MikeHill
- CharlesLowell -- Retired GeekNight Convener
- JamesMaggs
- ChrisMatts
- LukeMaxon - NunitForms http://nunitforms.sf.net
- AndrewMccormick -- general malcontent
- RaviMohan
- StevePurcell -- author of PythonUnit: http://pyunit.sourceforge.net/
- MarcosTarruella
- JackBolles
- AaronWest
- StephenYi
- BretPettichord
- NatPryce
- BillCaputo
- DustinAleksiuk
- ObieFernandez
- DaveHoover
- GregorHohpe -- maintainer of http://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com
- BrillyTsang
- JoeWalnes -- http://www.opensymphony.com/, http://qdox.codehaus.org/, http://nmock.truemesh.com/
- JasonBorro
- IanLucas
- EricLiu
- RichardWatt
- MikeRoberts
- IvanMoore (http://jester.sf.net http://www.MockMaker.org TeamStreams)
- JasonWadsworth
- FredGeorge
- JeffBay
- AdewaleOshineye
- DarrenHobbs
Does anyone work there for more than a year? Yes, almost everyone
2004-5 was a watershed year for senior hands-on people leaving. London lost most of its senior technical people during that time frame.