IT help is available. Cutbacks mean employers have a greater number of IT applicants to choose from. Venture capitalists go back to basics. That went out the window during the last five years. Now, we're back to building businesses for the long haul.
Business is easier.
A random survey of restaurants frequented by New Economy crowds reveals that you can get a table without calling a week in advance. Fewer people at trade shows. You can collect all the stress balls, laptop bags and pens you can carry. Indeed, there appeared to be more exhibitors than attendees at the Internet World Spring 2001 conference. Everyone's a genius.