Re:I’ve been a self-employed independent creator for 10 years
by coldtea on Monday July 17, 2017 @05:00PM
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>When I see people with these crazy flights of fancy throwing away perfectly good opportunities to work and build incrementally to their dream lives, it makes me a little sad.
If everybody thought like that there wouldn't be jobs in the first place, as nobody would risk to start a business (and hire people).
Not to mention that freelancers are becoming a dominant percentage of the workforce.
Besides, the story is about a person who didn't like his job, and built a decent (if not great) career for himself by himself after he quit. Not sure what's "irrational" about it.
>Sure, he never starved. There was always some money coming in the pike. But he purposefully did not shoot for any more.
Shoot for more of what? More of the same job he hated, with perhaps better compensation but the same lack of satisfaction?
And why should have he "shot for more"? Shouldn't he just shoot for enough? (and he seems content with what he has)
In fact, why don't you "shot for more" and do something on your own? Why is your idea of more constrained to being a salaried employee?
If everybody thought like that there wouldn't be jobs in the first place, as nobody would risk to start a business (and hire people).
Not to mention that freelancers are becoming a dominant percentage of the workforce.
Besides, the story is about a person who didn't like his job, and built a decent (if not great) career for himself by himself after he quit. Not sure what's "irrational" about it.
>Sure, he never starved. There was always some money coming in the pike. But he purposefully did not shoot for any more.
Shoot for more of what? More of the same job he hated, with perhaps better compensation but the same lack of satisfaction?
And why should have he "shot for more"? Shouldn't he just shoot for enough? (and he seems content with what he has)
In fact, why don't you "shot for more" and do something on your own? Why is your idea of more constrained to being a salaried employee?