The trouble really begins when even your husband thinks the way you do. He is a good man who believes that money corrupts and that absolute stock options corrupt absolutely. So we live on in this valley of dreams, the two of us - one, a weaver of words, the other, a spinner of papers. We try ever so hard to protect our two children from the evils of this world. Unfortunately, children pick up subtle hints and careless innuendos.
Parents can only try to safeguard their children from the clutches of hedonism.
After ten years as a software engineer at IBM, I decided to shed my programmer shroud on December 17th, 1999. I know what it is to quit a job that's steady and lucrative, however mundane it is. I know what it is to be reminded of what I left almost everyday as I await the response for one more query letter that I sent out a few weeks ago. As a new independent professional , I know what it means to be anxious, excited, deflated and motivated - all at the same time. I'm a fighter.