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To: Stock Farmer who wrote (64950)	10/13/2003 11:16:47 AM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 77400

Amazing... signalogic.com So why would you recommend anyone with a brain these days go into electrical engineering? In "the good old days" of the 1980's, I remember most of us worked at large companies at lower salaries for "reasonable" hours and job security whereas if anyone wanted to get rich, they were to go to startups and work those sorts of hours and have a 20% or less chance of striking it rich. It will be interesting to see what happens if demand returns for engineers. Many have left to go into teaching, food service, etc. I saw a thing on TV this weekend that said the Culinary Institute in SF has tons paying $33K for 6 months of schooling. If you have to work nights and weekends, I guess many decided they can have the mornings off as a cook and they get to be more creative.

To: Stock Farmer who wrote (64950)	10/13/2003 1:08:41 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

I don't care what was said in the article, I know people that work with KP on all sorts of projects. Conventional wisdom is that stock option expensing will NOT help small companies, John Doerr who is the most influential of all VCs at KP is the most staunchly opposed to expensing options in the industry (other than maybe John Chambers). Khosla has made some interesting choices in his career, he is certainly a top tier VC but he is no Doerr, and he has made controversial statements on 60 minutes and elsewhere about the desirability of India as an R&D hub. What is your point about that small company hiring? who cares? Think.