The first job I worked out of Syracuse was for an online startup called DreamLife.
This was 2000 and the dot com bubble was a couple months away from bursting. Before it did, the job was everything I was hoping for out of school.
An office on a converted warehouse floor above Chelsea Market in Manhattan. A startup atmosphere where suits and ties were basically banned. Great co-workers and a camaraderie that extended outside of the cubicle walls. Office-wide MMORPG battles after work at least once a week.
Six months after I started, when the CEO huddled us together to tell us that we were running out of money and that "if you get another job offer, take it," it was a real disappointment and welcoming to the world.