A recent Dilbert cartoon pokes fun at the struggle that I’m sure many people feel between breaking off and doing something on their own versus sticking with their current job:
When I sent this to a few of my startup friends, one of them replied with a set of very entertaining cartoons (from Startup Comix) highlighting some of the… “hazards” of being a coding startup guy – as in loss of common sense :-).
The first is around applying software version control (or how teams of several programmers can work on the same project without overwriting other people’s contributions or losing track of what was done before) to real life:
The second is around how coders might co-opt rappers’ “cash-money”:
Oh, and be sure to put these in the if you get this, you are hardcore nerd category 🙂