Poor Dilbert.  He got fired for using company resources to start his company. Now he’s out of work and his company owns his business  and his name. Remember to read the fine print in your employee manual, people!

Thanks to Jon for the heads up about Dilbert’s escape. I am a huge fan of Dilbert and of Scott Adams, who is one of the funniest humans ever.  And I was honored to have the opportunity to interview Scott for Escape from Corporate America.

He offered a lot of great advice based on his own experiences escaping from Corporate America to live a life of fame and fortune. One of his recommendations (which was echoed by many other successful career changers) was to start working on your new career on the side before you quit your day job. Scott didn’t quit his corporate job until well after he had landed a syndication deal for Dilbert. Then again, he is also probably the only successful cartoonist who is also an MBA (I haven’t done a lot of research here, so it’s always possible that Cathy Guisewite went to Wharton).

Unfortunately, Dilbert’s escape isn’t going so well. Or fortunately, really, because it wouldn’t be nearly as funny if Dilbert wasn’t suffering.