Thoughtworks Alumni

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?

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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

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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.