Missed court appearance

Looking back, I'm kinda impressed that I figured that one out early in my career. Whenever there was a market upset, I'd max-out my employee stock options and buy the max. allowed or whatever pittance I had in my savings. Too chicken to margin out. Dumped them when they peaked or when I leave.
That's how me and my sister got the down payment on our first houses. I was helping her with her employee stock plan. The difference is that she held the stock, she read Berkshire's book on buy and hold. She didn't get hurt, but she didn't maximize her gains either. We sold half her positions for a chunky down payment and furnishings - The only reason she didn't go into the red.

 

Started buying aerospace company stock - at 22yrs age through their Employee Stock ownership Trust. That was back in the late 70s. Couple years later got married for 6 years or so. Had to sell it just so I could keep the house when she headed out the door for one of the local grocery clerks. A few years later her 2nd husband (who had become a cop) was soooo shocked to find someone else in his bed while he was at work.
Oh the irony. Wish I could have held on to the stock.
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And then there was me who stayed for 37 years, 14 name changes as a result of changes of ownership. IT world. Still have some employee stock options stock I bought way back when for 15% less than low of the market price during the year and company match. Many stock splits later, this dow stock is worth 35 times what I paid for it. I call it a memories stock because it was one of only two existing corporate entities that paid me. And it was the one that hired me ... HON.

 

My first career job was in IT too. Silicon Valley startups, before they went public. I didn't know anyone, wasn't smart enough, to get into the big companies, but if they wanted to keep you 10%-15% annual raises was the norm. I usually jumped ship when I got a 30%+ higher paying job offer. That was the only way to get ahead, beef up my resume, tackle new challenges and get known in the industry - otherwise you get pigeon-holed and your career path stops. I had to settle for a 15% increase one time, when I had to jump employer. My current employer tried to force me to sign a non-compete contract 18 months in, so I jumped ship instead.
I learned that if you do a few things very well, management won't let you take on new things because it'll upset the "apple cart" and put their annual bonus in jeopardy. I learned early on, when I was being taken advantage of, and not being properly compensated when someone put their name on my work product.

 

Anyone else it’s an automatic finding of guilty on all counts, done