Jaked On Green Beers

I've been reading a lot about entrepreneurship and start up companies. It used to be that I would read these things with little (if any) interest. I never saw myself as a business owner, dealing with the headaches, long hours, uncertain income, etc. I’ve always been one to view my career as a means to finance my lifestyle, not something to ‘fulfill me” or anything along those lines. While I certainly didn’t want to have a dead-end job, but I really didn’t care much after that. After all, I didn’t live my life from 9-5, so why be too concerned?

Then I got an idea. A GOOD idea. A REALLY GOOD idea. And now I want all the stress, pressure, and fulfillment that comes with it.

A little background: I am a computer geek. Always have been. However, I convinced myself at some point that I should never do them as a career, or I wouldn’t like them anymore. Not really sure where that came from, because now I’m 10 years into a finance career that, quite frankly, I couldn’t give a rat’s ass about. I understand the financial world (as much as anyone can, since it is one of the most illogical things I’ve ever seen), and I do well at my job. However, I have about zero interest in it, overall. Computers? I can’t get enough of them. Leaning about SQL mapping? Awesome. Rebuilding a laptop that was considered DOA? Party. Configuring a Linux LiveCD for data recovery? Better than sex.

So why am I watching the stock market?

I have begun reading all those start-up stories again with more zeal and enthusiasm than I did before. I have an interest now. I want to see how people failed, WHY they failed, and what I can learn from their mistakes.