You thought you had a bad commute
The CTO of Amazon, Al Vermeulen, lives here in Corvallis, OR but works at Amazon in Seattle. It's about 4 hours by car, but Vermeulen makes his commute work by flying there himself. There's a profile of him by the Seattle Times (syndicated in the KC Star): Amazon chief, Java problem solver: Al Vermeulen.
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