re: Job Offers/Recruiters Questions.

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How do you deal with that?

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Would you like to eventually run the firm where you are now? Someone will be in that position (if the firm you are presently at survives) in twenty or thirty years from now. Maybe that person would be you.

I'm now to the point where I have not just learned the business of the specific industry I happen to be in, I've learned how to run a business. Any business. Had I been jumping around from job to job, I doubt I would have had as complete an education and I seriously doubt overall I'd have made the same money or been as in control of my world as I am now.

Staying put at one firm worked for me, I know that's no guarantee for anyone else in other situations but you should at least consider the possibility. Ask for the possibilities of eventual ownership/partnership, it makes a wise boss realize you are a long-termer.

I can tell you that today competent, loyal, trustworthy people are a rare commodity. They will be rarer still in ten or twenty years from now. Any wise businessman needs them and highly values them. They value them to the point of sharing power and treasure with the right one(s).

Just don't interview for a mursing position with a beard. Geesh. Bearded Murses!