CHAPTER SIXSURVIVING
Keep your sanity and avoid living in fear when tough economic times inevitably occur.
Like clockwork, the economy will go through boom and bust cycles. Many people fondly remember the dot-com bubble—and not so fondly remember the dot-com bust that followed it. In Silicon Valley, you even see bumper stickers such as, “Pray for Another Bubble.” Hope is well and good, but it isn’t the best career strategy if you want to have some semblance of sanity when the news media is pounding fear into your head via dreary economic prognostication headlines day in and day out.
This chapter provides specific strategies for keeping your position as a technology consultant, even when times are bad. Although there are no guarantees in life—you ...
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