Since my firm has been working with Open Source I can say I like things .... working with $soft technology is something I dont like but I am expert at and if necessary will also execute on .... I also started a trading firm and that is doing well. IT/Software business is still very viable and lucrative IF you are working in a few, small, cutting edge niches. The business has largley evolved into an outsourcing model with a vast majority of work going overseas. If you are not working on things that are not yet in the marketplace in any form then you are ultimately waiting to be fired/outsourced. This is a much different situation that even before the Dot Com bust. Most software and even outsourcing deals/markets are now saturated with companies competing on price - much like walmart. Except for a few key unfilled niches its an average return industry .....
Yes, but most of us read lescor's lament as having a wink in there somewhere... In fact, since Biggerfish color-coded you a hint..., he didn't see a need to specify the wink, we think.
Thanks for sharing. Fatrat. I was very much like you. Hardcore engineer. I have changed since I figured out pretty much the same thing although not as clear as you are. I came to work just to collect paycheck since bu*t is all management do in big companies. I am trying to learn to trade on the side and kiss managment ass.