Google Masseuse becomes Multi-millionnaire by exercising stock options

Bonnie Brown started working there in 1999, when there were only 40 Google employees, and was given a bunch of options she thought would never be worth anything...8 years later she is rolling in it.

A friend of mine was just telling me how she turned down a job in text ads at Google in 1999 and is kicking herself...everyone has a career faux pas or two they regret...it's easy to look back and say, "How could I be so dumb?" in hindsight, but what's the point?

Also, I think what's happening with Google (and it's former masseuses!) is an exception. It's not generally that easy to make millions of dollars working for someone else. Better to start your own company...then you'll either make millions or lose millions!

read the NY Times article >