Re:Would You Want This Job? Hard work, middle of Kansas
by edw519 on Monday May 26, 2008 @08:30PM
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Never said how many 18 to 20 hour days. Depending on this answer, this could be an excellent setup for a software startup. Work double shifts during planting and harvesting, single shift and part time the rest of the year. Live for free, write software the rest of the time. Bank everything. All you'd need is broadband and some deposit slips. By the time your software was done, you could be your own angel.
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Re:Would You Want This Job? Hard work, middle of Kansas
by danohuiginn on Tuesday May 27, 2008 @04:18AM
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nods
My impression is that this is a fairly common model for communes - farm work during the some seasons, spend the rest of the year working for cash or on some big project.
If you strip out the cultural differences, communes and start-ups have a lot in common. I don't see why a start-up/farm couldn't work in this way, just so long as you don't try to launch a product in September.