sci.research.careers

Here is the philosophical question: how can I get back at my former
employer who I perceived abused me ?

I used to work for a biotech company who were not able to come to the
market with the product for over 10 years. They did the R&D on the
investor's money which they raised through the stock exchange. In the
past few years, I saw their stock price collapsed to 1/100 of what it
used to be. Since then, the company has laid off the R&D manager as a
part of cost-cutting measure and replaced the CEO with the one who had
the new vision. Those two guys were instrumental in firing me in the
difficult time for me, essentially kicking me out into the cold empty
street. From searching the Internet, I learnt that the CEO became a
CEO of poor biotech start-up (and stayed unemployed for at least 3-4
months), and the R&D manager became a senior engineer (not manager) at
another biotech company (after spending at least 3-4 months
unemployed). Knowing those companies, I believe they got very modest
salaries. They certainly got a share of pain and got humbled, but I
wish they got more.

Recently, the stock price rose by ten-fold on the news that the
company finally found the new big buyers for its flagship product
(which is still a prototype). The management probably popped the
champaigne many times on hearing good news.

However, few days ago, the Dow Jones index in the US fell by something
like 6%. Following the news, the Australian stockmarket fell by around
3%, too, and lays in doldrums for several days already. As it was not
difficult to predict, the price of the speculative stock of this
company fell even greater (something like 10%).

I was thinking with glee about all this nervous breakdowns which the
directors and investors experienced on the news. And I think more is
to come. I can still feel the pain which that company's management
actions inflicted on me (and I stayed unemployed for quite a while). I
still cannot get over revenge-wishing after this many years. This is
sad. Russel M. had suggested that the best revenge would be to live
well. Well, this means I was not living well. I did not live poorly
(not at all), but I did not live well either. After being in this
hateful condition for over 8 years, the issue becomes philosophical.

It looks to me with more certainty now that the company will collapse
with the coming bear run in the stock market. But is this a good thing
to wish that !!!?