i know this is terribly old fashioned and silly of me. but some see
roles as public service for the good of the internet. and some
of us are spoiled brats whose employers support them willy nilly.
Yes, but that tends to perpetuate the situation that only bigger
organizations can afford to sponsor most of the IETF leadership
positions. Many (probably including Randy and Brian) see that as a
problem.
neither of my two full time jobs are for large corps. one is an isp
research lab, and the other a startup routing stack dev.
randy