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-99 (company 1) Finally graduated and started working as tech at small CTI company

-00 (company 2) Friend that works at one of .COM wonders invites me to company party. Lot's of booze, money and good looking girls...of course i was to swap job. Working as a programmer...big salary hike. Company grew from 60 to 120 in three months. Employes were offered to buy options (locked to two years). Most of workforce took loans and bought options that promptly tenfolded (!!) in value. I kindly declined to buy them and went skiing. Company bought by German "Kabel New Media"... first "this cannot work" toughts appear. Having a a whale of time anyway.

-00, september (company 3)...I'm sensing that something is wrong and are jumping ship...started working as sysadmin for smaller "consultant company". Meanwhile, Company 2 is in financial troubles and are kicking people to left and right. Options are worthless! Company 3 is steady-going. Good salary. Had whale of time, went on conference trips to west indies. Sencing trouble again. Don't like the CEO either. Company 2 goes bancrupt. All option-holders loose their money (i never had any options, though)

-01 march (company 4) Jumped ship again. Started working as programmer and building bank systems for small consultant company. Biggest salary yet! Everything goes well but dark clouds are gathering again. Company 3 goes bust!! I buy a 930. I'm getting lazy and i'm ignoring obvious signs of trouble, not looking for new job.

02 july. Bad timing. I'm layed off. Company 1 looks for people (opportunity to close the circle) but i give that job to a friend, sell 930 and go back to school instead. Company 4 hanging on their bare teeths.