Article: Getting more crash and burn for the buck.

Last week I called PSINet Inc., an Internet tech company in Ashburn, Va., to apply for a vacant position as president and chief operating officer.

Even though the person who answered the phone asked me, "President of what?" I think PSINet is a smart company for me to work for.

That is not because I know anything about Internet backbone technology or web hosting, which PSINet reportedly specializes in. Nor do I have any experience in chiefly operating anything more complex than a toaster.

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But none of that seems to matter in the tech world. Aside from "president O'Brien" having a nice ring, my goal is to retire early as a ...

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