Come and listen to a story bout a man named Jed,
A poor College Kid barely kept his family fed,
But then one day he was talking to a recruiter,
He said "They'll pay ya big bucks if ya work on a computer",
VAX that is... CRT's... Workstations...
[Windows, that is... PCs... Workstations...]
[UNIX, that is... Windows 95... Workstations... DOS...]
Well the first thing ya know ol' Jed's an Engineer,
The kinfolk said, "Jed move away from here",
They said, "Arizona [California] is the place ya oughta be",
So he bought some donuts and moved to Ahwatukee [Silicon Valley],
Motorola that is... dry heat... no amusement parks;
[Intel, that is... Pentium... big amusement park...]
On his first day at work they stuck him in a cube,
Fed him more donuts and sat him at a tube,
They said "Your project's late but we know just what to do,
Instead of 40 hours, we'll work you fifty-two!"
OT that is... Unpaid... Mandatory
The weeks rolled by and things were looking bad,
Some schedules slipped and some managers were mad,
They called another meeting and decided on a fix,
They answer was simple, "We'll work him sixty-six"
Tired that is... Stressed out... No social life
Months turned into years and his hair was turning gray,
Jed worked hard while his life slipped away,
Waiting to retire when he turned sixty-four,
Instead he got a call and they escorted him out the door,
Laid-off that is... Debriefed... Unemployed ...
Now the moral of the story is, listen to what you're told:
Companies will use you and discard you when you're old.
So gather up your friends and start your own firm,
Beat the competition, watch old bosses squirm.
Millionaires that is... Bill Gates... Steve Jobs...
Y'all come back now... ya hear'