Our 500 person shop was gobbled up by the same company a few years after you. The reason why we were gobbled up - we went public and share prices tanked in the

Our 500 person shop was gobbled up by the same company a few years after you. The reason why we were gobbled up - we went public and share prices tanked in the Enron time period. I think I was in the first 100 or so people, which after converting the stock and waiting a few years, was enough to put the devs and other technical folks in that first or second band. It was interesting transitioning from 500 to 80k people or so. (So many timecards. Crazy it was easier to order a NAS than a single hard drive.) Having no loans was really empowering. Even with that - it amazed me how much 'normal' living costs. We've not hit that ramen rich stage. Our kid is half way through college... and the costs are ridiculous as we will launch her with no loans as well.