I was working as a copy editor at Forbes.com while Dan Lyons was still working for the magazine, and he's a very talented guy. When I found out he was taking t

I was working as a copy editor at Forbes.com while Dan Lyons was still working for the magazine, and he's a very talented guy. When I found out he was taking the head job at ReadWrite, I thought it would really help ReadWrite become a major media presence. Not sure what went wrong there. I left the journalism world a year and a half ago for many of the same reasons Dan cites. It's possible to LOVE writing and editing for a magazine or newspaper but to recognize that the people who are in charge of operating the publication _as a business_ don't seem to have any idea how to turn things around. I'm now doing full-time software development -- something that had increasingly become a part of my duties when I was an editor -- and it was totally the right move for my family. I went from being employed by a newspaper that had layoffs and furloughs almost every quarter for several years straight to being employed by a web startup with a significantly higher salary and much more job security. One small aspect of Dan's piece I want to take issue with, though: Yes, tech companies are hiring former journalists, and yes, they get to do reporting and writing, in a sense. But let's be clear: These are P.R. jobs. Your job, ultimately, is to make your employer look good, not to be objective.