Yeah, I sold out from 1998–2005 for my old company. I allowed my fear of being broke to run roughshod over me to the point where I thought I HAD TO take a job at a company that might as well have been the home I grew up in, for all the dysfunctional dynamics of the place. I wasn’t doing anywhere near what I wanted to do, I wasn’t growing, or learning how to get along with people or to feel confident in my own abilities or talents, nor was I creating any work that I could be proud of. I was too cowardly to quit, and had to be laid off before I left. I was going to put up with more crap from my boss in the name of “job security.” And to top it all off, my pay there was SHITE compared to the work I was doing. I got better bennies and more money temping, even with the fewer hours I worked (at least until I was laid off last autumn). But that’s another push out of the nest, if I’m going to be honest about it. Not to say I’m having the easiest time of it, but I see where it’s inevitable that I jump in with what it is I want to do and not worry about the results. Or worry about some non-existent security. If what you’re doing personally, professionally or relationship-wise isn’t lined up with your deepest values, then you have sold out. And that disconnect will permeate and ruin everything.