I remember it all so well. The dot-com had just dot-bombed, the stock market was suffering from a sucker punch to the throat, and we were beginning to hear about some guy named Ken Lay. A little while later, news came out about Arthur Andersen, WorldCom, and Adelphia, among others. It seemed that companies were going under and CEOs were getting indicted faster than you can say 'stock option.' And then came the layoffs. Thousands upon thousands began losing their jobs on a regular basis. We started hearing about places overseas that were getting all kinds of work from US companies.
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