UT's GOT A HOMEPAGE!!

[SteveDallas]

Originally posted by Undertoad
There's nothing like a startup situation, and if I were to be very realistic about it... being in the startup situation when it was dying was still more fun than working for somebody else.

But of course everyone will find different ways of working to their liking. My risk-averse spouse would not be happy in a startup situation.

You said it.. back in the olden days (1999-2000) I often wondered if I was the only techie my age who wasn't moving into the fast lane, working for some high-flying startup or a big name out in Silicon Valley. And the stocks, oy! the stocks... was I the ONLY person that thought it was a bad idea to have almost all your stock money invested in the sector of the economy where you work? To say nothing of your company itself.

I'd be lying if I didn't admit to feeling just a little bit of schadenfreude when all the people who rode high for thouse coupla years got brought back down to earth, justifying my decision to stay with stable, conservative employment. Or is that just a rationalization for my lifelong unwillingness to deviate from whatever rut I happen to be in at the moment?

And how come there's not a Smilie for schadenfreude??