Jumpin' At The Woodside

Not every day you stumble across physical evidence of a past crossroads in your life. Today while cleaning out some old boxes I found a job offer letter from a company in Wayne, Pa, sent to me in 1999. My choice at the time was either to take this job at a new company, or stay at my current company if they matched the offer. They did. It was a tough choice, and I remember at the time I felt like I was making the right choice. I ultimately wanted to stay where I was as our division was about to be spun off into a new company, and it seemed like big things were on the horizon. Dot Coms were booming and everyone was cashing in, so it seemed like everything was going my way. About a year later, the Dot Coms went bust. January 2001, I found myself in a conference room where most of our company, myself included, received the news we were being let go via speakerphone. I eventually got back on my feet, but I sometimes wonder what my life would have been like had I taken that job offe...