Default.

A good friend sent me a posting yesterday by Paul Graham, an internet investor, about the pros and cons (mostly pros) of joining or starting a start-up company. It lists the main reasons people shy away from starting their own company- from feeling inexperienced, to not having enough money, to feeling gunshy about starting.

Graham's last point is what stuck with me- having a regular job is a default. It's the standard template. We all need money (at least some), and we like the security. But it doesn't take much creativity or risk to go to a regular job every day. Someone else figures out the rules and pays the bills.

Well, I better get going to my default. Getting late...