[VirusNewbie]

I did technically work in the dotcom bubble, but I was paid minimum wage writing HTML and SQL while I was a young teenager. So, not a typical experience.

Fast forward 5 years though, and one of my first full time jobs was being a contractor for a small e-commerce company that (barely) survived the dotcom bubble.

They had a lease for a full floor on a high rise, but were down to a skeleton crew when I was brought in. I got to pick any office I wanted, since there were so few workers, so naturally I picked a corner office with an ocean view.

I thought life was great since I was getting paid decent money, I was in my young twenties, and the company was pretty chill about me just adding some features here and there and keeping things running.

The other folks though would speak about the 'good times' when they'd throw lavish parties, when the boss would hand out $100 bills to all the employees, etc. Sounded wild.