Despite the thousands of dot-com layoffs just in time for Christmas, there doesn't seem to be much bona fide panic. In fact, a lot of job hunters are still cocky enough to put prospective employers through rigorous interviews. For one thing, the Internet economy is here to stay. Plenty of formerly uninspired off-line employees who've reinvented themselves online will tell you that's a good thing. But at least one thing about the dot-com shakeout, as the Wall Street watchers like to call it, may bring some relief.
Bad things happen to smart, enterprising people.
Just that realization alone will make some dot-commers a lot easier to have dinner with. Path to enlightenment Of course, doubters on the scene say they have yet to see evidence of dot-com humility filter into their neighborhoods. Sasha Magee helped establish the Digital Workers Alliance last year for fellow Internet workers who want to protect San Francisco from runaway overdevelopment, and he hopes the layoffs may start a path to enlightenment. But he's not holding his breath. The Mercury News.