8 May 2006, 19:48

Dot-Com Diarist - Web 2... What?!


Sigh, I hate these stereotypes of young-dot-commers happily skimming the cream off of dubious tech savvy. Now Coming Soon! To a theater near you! Web 2.0!!

SFGate really should’ve known better – the amount of ad revenue cited by one of their interviewees ($450/mo.) really doesn’t go that far in SF. And these little niches of income do not a down payment or retirement plan make.

It has not been a free ride for those of us on the work end of the stick. As a close friend said after the first bust, “I rode the tail-end of the dot-com wave, and all I have to show for it are 57 t-shirts and a severe case of burn-out.” As another friend said with a shiver as we discussed the oncoming whatever-it-is over dinner, “I’m scared.”


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