Re:Quitting job
by nostrademons on Thursday October 11, 2007 @01:02PM
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"Some people just like to do whatever they please."
Technically, entrepreneurs can't do whatever they please either. They have to do what their customers say.
That's perhaps a good test for whether you'll make a good founder: how do you react when asked to do something by a customer, vs. how do you react when asked to do something by your boss? If you jump to attention for the customer but blow off the boss, you'll probably do fine. If you jump to attention for the boss but blow off the customer (far more people do this than you'd think), you're better off as an employee. If you won't do anything for anyone, you have a very difficult life ahead of you.
Technically, entrepreneurs can't do whatever they please either. They have to do what their customers say.
That's perhaps a good test for whether you'll make a good founder: how do you react when asked to do something by a customer, vs. how do you react when asked to do something by your boss? If you jump to attention for the customer but blow off the boss, you'll probably do fine. If you jump to attention for the boss but blow off the customer (far more people do this than you'd think), you're better off as an employee. If you won't do anything for anyone, you have a very difficult life ahead of you.