Re:Ask HN: What to do if you hate working for someone else a...
by itamarst on Saturday December 09, 2017 @04:19PM
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Duplicating other points, to some extent:
1. You can reduce your working hours. E.g. you can negotiate a 4-day workweek. This means more time to do what you want.
2. You can pursue early retirement. Reducing your spending gives you more in the bank, and eventually you can not work. In the short term it improves your negotiating position.
3. You can find a job pursuing a goal you care about. E.g. work for a non-profit, or a government agency, or a company where you care about the outcomes separate from making money.
4. You can start a business not based on a Great Idea, but based on research. More likely to succeed, too (https://stackingthebricks.com/ has a bunch of useful advice).
You can also pursue some or all of these at the same time.
Self-promotion: I've written a book about how you can reach a sane workweek, whatever that means to you. You can read about and get a free excerpt here: https://codewithoutrules.com/saneworkweek/.
1. You can reduce your working hours. E.g. you can negotiate a 4-day workweek. This means more time to do what you want.
2. You can pursue early retirement. Reducing your spending gives you more in the bank, and eventually you can not work. In the short term it improves your negotiating position.
3. You can find a job pursuing a goal you care about. E.g. work for a non-profit, or a government agency, or a company where you care about the outcomes separate from making money.
4. You can start a business not based on a Great Idea, but based on research. More likely to succeed, too (https://stackingthebricks.com/ has a bunch of useful advice).
You can also pursue some or all of these at the same time.
Self-promotion: I've written a book about how you can reach a sane workweek, whatever that means to you. You can read about and get a free excerpt here: https://codewithoutrules.com/saneworkweek/.