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...students with backgrounds in computer science, Internet startup companies--with their exotic stock options, sky-high signing bonuses and bright prospects--have long presented attractive career opportunities after graduation...
...report published by Webmergers.com in August revealed that of 238 startup companies profiled, 41 shut down this year, 83 withdrew plans for initial public offerings (IPOs) and nearly 30 had been sold in "fire sales" after running short of cash...
Last summer, Mitby, a computer science concentrator, worked at a technology startup called Tellme Networks...
...Even if the startup you are at fails, it's easy to roll to the next startup company," Mitby says. "The risks are there, but are not all that terrible...
...third Biochem. Two of them went into banking (the Gov concentrator went to D. C. ). In my first week on the job, I learned that one of the guys quit after two weeks; he said he couldn't take it any more and is now running a startup with his dad. The other is responsibly finishing his two-year contract and will run straight to B-school next year, hoping to find a new career that will restore his "self-worth...