Actually, I should answer the questions: > ... terms of processes, design principles, work-life balance, compensation. Are things better now than they were bac

Actually, I should answer the questions: > ... terms of processes, design principles, work-life balance, compensation. Are things better now than they were back then? We didn't have an official process or follow any design principles. There were small teams so we simply had a spec but we'd release things in stages and regularly meet with clients. I had a decent work-life balance, a decent salary but wasn't making the big dot.com income that others were making. I think overall things are better, technology-wise as well as some awareness of work-life balance, and more people are critical of the industry. The technology is more complicated, but it does a lot more. The simplicity was largely due to naivety.