Jessica Schieve plans to stick with her job at PowerTV, a company based in Cupertino, Calif., which makes software for interactive cable. An initial public offering is possible in about a year. I wouldn't mind a change. You give up a lot to make the company successful. But some experts worry that a market downturn may leave many workers feeling stung.
Stocks can be a winner one day and lose the next.
People forget, because we never hear much about the losers. And some decide they won't make career decisions based on what could be. She quit anyway, even though it meant leaving unvested options, because she wanted to work for a smaller, more intimate company. Some people want to hit the lottery and never go back to work. My old boss retired at 40.