Robert M. Gary wrote:
Yea, HP is now where you want to be, especially if you are in a one
employeer town. However, the best money has always been at smaller,
riskier companies. You always take a salery cut to work at a more
"stable" company like IBM, HP, etc.

not always true actually; what you get in smaller, riskier, newer
companies, is more equity, which 99+% of the time ends up not
being worth the paper it is printed on, but with a lower base
pay, really lousy overall package (fly-by-night health insurance if
any, no 401k, etc.) and the privilege of working twice/thrice/more as
many hours... I grant you, you might get lucky, but the odds aren't
good.

--Sylvain