Instead of politics and bureaucracy, I'm generally free to pursue an idea. I may have to focus on the bottom dollar, but it's mine, it doesn't belong to some an

Instead of politics and bureaucracy, I'm generally free to pursue an idea. I may have to focus on the bottom dollar, but it's mine, it doesn't belong to some anonymous nobody in another city who doesn't even know my name. I'm me, not employee #5239. In an economy that can pretty much put me on the street tomorrow, I might as well take a gamble knowing that I put myself in that position, rather than some spreadsheet miscalculation in New York. When offshoring is cheaper than retraining, I'm not a person in the company's eye anymore. None of what your parents or you did is wrong. It's just not right for me anymore. The main difference between my situation now and my situation then: less pay and less vacation. But at least the work is interesting for a change.