''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.