05-21-2002, 04:24 PM
If the 50% thing is actually rule, I am ahead of the game. For the first two and a half years at my company, I loved every second of it. There was nothing that I wanted out of my job that I wasn't getting. I was thoroughly challenged, given absolute freedom, and got along famously with everyone I worked with.
For the last year and half, I pretty much loathed every second. We got bought by this international firm and pretty much everything went to shit. In 2000, I made 1/4 what I made the prior year, my bosses sucked, my customers went out of business or got bought, I had to sit in meetings for a day a week, my friends quit, and all of our good engineers quit so we had a bunch of incompetant stiffs I was trying to get to help customers. It was just horrible.
So I left in September, and have been posting on messageboards ever since.
Of course, on Thursday, my Fall/Winter/Spring of Galt ends as I start a concentrated 12-month MBA program and all my fun is over.
For the last year and half, I pretty much loathed every second. We got bought by this international firm and pretty much everything went to shit. In 2000, I made 1/4 what I made the prior year, my bosses sucked, my customers went out of business or got bought, I had to sit in meetings for a day a week, my friends quit, and all of our good engineers quit so we had a bunch of incompetant stiffs I was trying to get to help customers. It was just horrible.
So I left in September, and have been posting on messageboards ever since.
Of course, on Thursday, my Fall/Winter/Spring of Galt ends as I start a concentrated 12-month MBA program and all my fun is over.