Crack Rocks

Tuesday September 14, 2004 - 8:12AM EDT

Call me young and naive. Call me a little nutso. Call me whatever you want but I was driving on the way to work this morning and I was thinking. What do I get with my current job. A steady paycheck. A ... hmmm can't really think of anything else. Oh yeah, the opportunity for advancement. Wait that was a knock knock joke I remeber. I remeber now, working for a company that is loyal to its employees. Companies like IBM which touted that it had never layed off people...oh wait they just layed off 10,000 workers. Well at least I have a steady paycheck. I just finished college, don't have to start payback on loans until the end of 2005, have no girlfriend, no kids, no car payment, I live at home and I am relatively healthy. I guess I could continue with the current company for the next 20 years get a decent house in the burbs, two mid size sedans, a wife, 2.8 kids and take vacations with the fam down the shore. I could also castrate myself, bend over and let the THE MAN ram his agenda down my anus. I have been consulting since I was 14, independently since I was 18, I am not new to the game. I knew computers before I could ride a bike.

When you try and start you own business the hours are long, the pay is terrible (or non-existent) and you'll probably fail. The headaches are big and the complexities are many(employees, taxes, THE MAN, etc...) Well shit I have been failing for 5 years it is about time to succeed. The chances are slim but if you can beat the odds then everything is ok. I got nothing to lose, I can fuck up for a few years and still go out and find a job working for THE MAN. But that isn't going to happen THE MAN isn't going to break me down.