I wrote a blog post about this a few months ago, the cloud or the ladder: http://blog.opportunitycloud.com/2010/05/07/the-cloud-or-the-ladder-choosing-a-career

I wrote a blog post about this a few months ago, the cloud or the ladder: http://blog.opportunitycloud.com/2010/05/07/the-cloud-or-the-ladder-choosing-a-career-strategy/ http://blog.opportunitycloud.com/2010/05/07/the-cloud-or-the... "Cloud" in this context is an opportunity cloud, the sum total of all the positive things that can happen to you at one particular moment. It is what happens when you position yourself to be in a spot where good things happen, not knowing exactly what. This is a different strategy than the "ladder" strategy which basically is about climbing a corporate career ladder. When you're in "startup mode" you constantly try to expand your opportunity cloud but you don't always know the direction. It's a completely different way of thinking compared to the ladder.