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I remember when being a 'a company man' was a badge of honor; today in Silicon Valley it may brand you a loser or, in the best case scenario, someone afraid to take risks. Ten years ago, if you saw a resume that had multiple jobs in ten years, you would be worried about the capability of the individual. Not so now.

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Helene Hanff

What fortune teller would ever have had the nerve to predict that the best years of my life would turn out to be my old age?

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