Announcing CoffeeScript 2
Jeremy,<p>First off thank you for Underscore, Backbone and CoffeeScript. Your work really has helped me and my development team.<p>This question is a little off topic but one I&#x27;ve been wanting to ask for a long time:<p>Last year you took a year off from The New York Times to ride your motorcycle across the Western Hemisphere. Just recently you were hired back at the paper, doing what it appears to be the same thing in the graphics department.<p>From a hiring perspective, did you have to reapply for your job, or did the Times just give you the necessary time off?<p>If this was considered a &quot;sabbatical,&quot; how did you justify traveling around the Americas as something that could benefit the paper?<p>I don&#x27;t mean to offend. I&#x27;m genuinely curious. A lot of people aren&#x27;t fortunate enough to take a year off for traveling and then be rehired at their company, especially in the journalism industry with the revenue declines, job cuts and managers wanting to hire cheaper people.<p>Thanks again for all you&#x27;ve contributed.