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switch to a government job, its about the only safe path now to a decent retirement package. and young people are starting to realize that - I have never heard so many young people tell me that want to work for government. they see their parents getting beat up in the private sector - hours worked, benefits slowly trimmed away, always tied to a cell phone even during "off hours" - and alot of them are wondering whether its worth it.

Well, it seems to be going that way, work for the government, at least they still have good benefits and decent pay. At one time, government workers were not paid as much, heck, I remember there was a department store that cater to them, GEMCO (Govermnent Employees Market COmpany), my aunt and uncle were meember down in Texas. I don't know how, my uncle drove a truck for Schlitz beer unless it was due to his former military service, he was a paratrooper in the Korean War.

I rmemeber when I had my left hand cut open, it got infected with strep and had to have surgery to clean it out. I could have lost all of it or part of it but I still have it all, albiet some nerve damage. I was CIO of a small startup then (2002/2003) and my boss called me on my cellphone (Mom had it with her, she was with me in hospital) asking how to boot up the server and I was only 20 minutes out of the surgery room from my operation. I was coherent but still very fuzzy from it all.

About working for the government, sometimes if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. B-) B-P I'm afraid that is reality, if you want your piece of the pie. It is like Rodney Dangerfield explained to the business teacher at college where he went "Back To School," you got to bribe the councilman, pay the plumber extra, play nice with the union, and so on. B-)