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Re:Benefits matter, or why I won't work for your Y Combinato... by etchalon on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @07:58PM (#5411638)
A long time for a 24 year old, yes.
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Re:Benefits matter, or why I won't work for your Y Combinato... by coolsunglasses on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @08:19PM (#5411778)
How long did you contract for before you quit and decided it was somehow easier to found your own company?
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Re:Benefits matter, or why I won't work for your Y Combinato... by etchalon on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @08:38PM (#5411878)
On and off for the better part of a decade.

And let me be clear, "founding my own company" wasn't "easier". It was infinitely harder, though ultimately more rewarding for me.

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Re:Benefits matter, or why I won't work for your Y Combinato... by coolsunglasses on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @11:26PM (#5412665)
I'm contracting specifically so that I can allocate time flexibly in order to found my own company.

You're essentially scorning me for taking my own path towards what you did.

Baffling hypocrisy.

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Re:Benefits matter, or why I won't work for your Y Combinato... by etchalon on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @11:35PM (#5412704)
I'm not scorning you, whatsoever. I was just discussing why I came to the conclusion that being a contractor makes one no more or less "free" than being salaried, in practical terms anyway.
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