Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself

Re:Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself by bambax on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @03:09PM (#16486330)

Yes, sure, you're working for them; but it's still better (IMHO) to have clients than bosses. A boss is someone that uses you to look good to his own boss, but doesn't really care about what you do. A client, most of the time, actually needs what you produce.

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Re:Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself by astura on Thursday March 01, 2018 @08:57AM (#16491994)

That doesn't describe any boss I've ever had.

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Re:Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself by martin1975 on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @04:09PM (#16486955)

Have you ever dealt with clients? I'm gonna take a wild guess and say no.

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Re:Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself by bambax on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @04:46PM (#16487354)

I've been an independent consultant / contractor for over 20 years. I don't esp. defend clients, they don't know what they want and tend to change their mind often, but they're a million times better than a bad boss. (A good boss, I don't know, I never had one.)

In the last 14 months I switched to making physical products sold to end users (b2c) and it's great, but having clients wasn't that bad.

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