He is a contractor, he keeps going back and after a while I realized it was not for the money.
I understand totally.
There are so many who don't understand that.
I've even been accused of nasty things by some FReepers, but it really isn't about the money.
I was going to do one year when I arrived here in January of '04, and then, the money was part of the motivation, but being a part of something like this was every bit as much a motivator.
I've been here six and a half years now. I kept coming back because while backbreaking at times, frustrating at other times, but the work is rewarding and goes so much further than just helping some CEO line his pockets.
Witnessing history is another factor that brings me back. It's exhausting, bad days are extra bad here being so far from home, and the climate and the environment can be abysmal, but when you get to see the progress that never gets reported and have a 50-yardline seat for amazing events, it's all worth it.
It stopped being remotely about money a long time ago.