Cisco engineer gets prize for longest commute

[Steve]

http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/san...0/daily41.html



Mariposa resident Dave Givens makes a 186-mile drive -- each way -- five days a week to his job in San Jose.

The electrical engineer has been doing that commute since 1989, spending seven hours every day getting to and from work at Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO).

Givens is the "ultimate road warrior," according to Midas Inc. (NYSE:MDS) and drove home with its first-place prize in the nationwide search for "America's Longest Commute." Givens out-drove thousands of other entrants to take home $10,000 in gas money and a range of maintenance services and products.

"I have a great job and my family loves the ranch where we live," Givens said. "So this is the only solution."

On his long trek he said he listens to the radio, keeps his eyes on the road and drinks "a lot of coffee."



damn crazy guy! either he doesnt sleep, or doesnt do any work

[Mstenger404]

pfffffffff i could have done more

[Hellfighter]

7hr drive and work 8-10hrs a day make avg 17hrs a day away from home, no sex life get home dead tire long drive to work nerve on edge.

i couldn't do it, but i know there people fly over 1000s miles to work M-F fly home after work on friday then sunday night flyout to work. rent a car rent a place for a week. $$$$$$$$$$

[DevilDog#1]

Been there dont that. My 1st job after Uni I had to drive 1 hours and 30 mins one way. Did it for two years for experience and now have one which is 20 mins from my place, going to move 7 mins from place next year

[Capers]

lol Steve, if they found a guy in the UK doing that kinda commute 5 days a week the government would probably "award" him with a higher tax rate somehow.

[Steve]

lmao for sure
yeah polluting b******

[SilentTrigger]

I got a wicked and awsome idea, why not just move?? heh

[Lakie]

Given the gas prices, use the money from the added commute to buy a close to work houe/apartment etc etc and live there during the week go home of weekends and know that the mortgage on the place is covered by what you would have spent on gas, plus atthe end of it you have the additional house....