The Legacy of the Dot-Com Bust

Take yourself back to 2000. Where were you? I spent the year stuck in a Y2K-glitched elevator that refused to open. Just kidding.

If you recall those days, life was pretty insecure in the Web world, as you can see from this chart (source: Businessweek. "Bottoming out?" March 18, 2002, pp. 4.).

What was the net effect of this legacy? You tell me. Did work change after the bubble burst? What did you notice about work? What did you notice about yourself and your own thoughts about work?