nmap,
I retired in 1998, as VP of Domestic Sales with a respectable retirement package to help me thru my golden years, only I was very heavy committed into the Communications market. I personally knew the CEO at MCI and had invested $180k in their stock. I lost it all within 6 months. Now I'm almost 72 and working as a Security Guard. I don't really blame anyone but myself about the money I lost. But I can say,don't be afraid to SELL when the stocks are dropping. I didn't and I counted on an upturn that never happen........ 
GB TFS 
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I believe that SF is a 'calling' - not too different from the calling missionaries I know received. I knew instantly that it was for me, and that I would do all I could to achieve it. Most others I know in SF experienced something similar. If, as you say, you HAVE searched and read, and you do not KNOW if this is the path for you --- it is not....
Zonie Diver
SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
Jack Moroney
SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
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