Posted by Kyle Paice on Tue, Nov 18, 2008 @ 01:30 PM
I was reading Steve Jobs' Wikipedia page today, and this quote totally stopped me.
"Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water to children, or do you want a chance to change the world?"
This sums it up perfectly for me. Sure, you can stay in that cushy corporate job for the rest of your life. You can sit comfortably above a group of people, and still have a bunch of supervisors above you to pass the buck to. Do what you're told, shuffle some papers around (none of which really mean anything), and not rock the boat in the slightest. Then you can call it a life at 65.
Yeah, you might grow wealthy in the process, but really: What have you accomplished? You entered an organization that was already firmly established, shuffled around within it for a while, and then left. If you think about it (or have worked at a large company), you realize it's really not that hard. Stressful at times, but never actually difficult.
So far, it's been MUCH more interesting to take on some real responsibility, and try to help build something great.