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To: Cynic 2005 who wrote (17288)	1/30/1999 5:24:00 PM
From: Lucretius	Respond to of 86076

BK-HEADS: Message 7574090

To: Cynic 2005 who wrote (17288)	1/30/1999 6:50:00 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

That's been circulating for a while. From late 96/early 98 I worked with a friend on a technical project which my friend conceived. His idea was a very good one in the DSP area, but he had quit his day job to work full-time on it (you know those agreements that they make technical people sign -- we own everything that you think up, no matter when or where ...). My friend grossly underestimated the amount of work that would have to be done to bring the idea to a "marketable" stage. He enlisted my help late in the game and had dealings with a semi-FPGA place I won't name. They knew financially his back was up against the wall and they screwed him good. He got one lump sum from them and had to break off the relationship by the time he realized what was going on. He had to find a job by this time. He got probably 1/10 to 1/20 what his idea was worth -- the money I got out of the thing probably didn't work out to minimum wage. I surely regret what happened to my friend and wish that I could have helped him make it, but I surely don't regret having worked on the project. I learned a heck of a lot. Accomplished something hitherto which I thought was beyond my own capabilities, etc. I guess what I'm saying (I don't care if some make fun of this), sometimes acomplishing something noone else has can be its own reward. If I won a lottery (I don't play them, but if I did) -- I would probably quit my current job. But I sure as heck would quit working!! I would simply pursue something that interests me more, more on my own terms. The real work ethic that existed several years ago is on the decline, IMO. I work in a small office and we have dealings with a much larger group of workers in another office of state government. Everything is wound around: who is getting more than me? what a waste of creative energies! But that's the culture today.