NetFu's Journal: Most Appealing Company For An IT Geek To Work For?

Now that I've taken the leap to enlightenment from corporate grazer hell to independent computer geek, the question is where would be a great place to work in 21st century Silicon Valley?

First, you might ask what the heck is a corporate grazer? I just thought of the phrase, don't see any references on the Internet, so I'll explain it. If you've worked in a typical Silicon Valley office (think of the movie Office Space), you know the people who don't carry their own weight. That's not who I'm talking about. Worse than those people are the people who "work" to do nothing but bullshit all day while you work your ass off. I'll speak specifically to my workplace of the last 6 years -- the people who walk around talking and joking for an hour or more at a time, only to move onto the next place to "graze" off of social interaction with the next group of people. Now you get who I'm talking about.

Anyway, I guess I'm either looking for another startup to grow with or a bigger company to move up my career. I'm probably leaning toward the startup end of the spectrum to avoid just managing and working with grazers again.

So, I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area, and here are some candidates: Collab.net, Renkoo.com, Videobox.com, Mint.com, Linkedin.com, TrustE.com, TrustedID.com, Pickspal.com, etc.

Or maybe I should work independently for a while? There are a ton of little companies here that need real IT help and just aren't getting it. It's amazing how many companies are paying 50-100% more than I made in my last position just for someone to solve their IT problems.

If you had the opportunity to make a small change in the direction of your IT career, what would it be and why?