My list of caveats

1. Don't ever work for venture capitalists, or for that matter anyone who has 10,000 times as much money as you do and is 30 years older than you, or who lives on the other side of the Atlantic and spends $14,000 on a single flight from London to Chicago.

2. Don't ever write 2800 S. LaSalle Suite 2800 on an agenda when you really mean 190 S. LaSalle Suite 2800.

3. Don't ever book a hotel room for other people and assume that because you and your travel agent have called 3 times to make sure that it is non-smoking, that it will in fact be a non-smoking room.

4. Don't ever work for someone who needs you to make hotel reservations for them often, who has a severe allergy to cigarette smoke.

5. Don't ever assume that because you are better than your horrible job that you are actually good at your horrible job.

6. Don't ever think that you're not worth a reimbursable cab ride home on the company.