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I think it's worth mentioning the other block of people you left out: those who risk corporate jobs or contracts simply by having opinions that an employer does
by madair 16y ago
I think it's worth mentioning the other block of people you left out: those who risk corporate jobs or contracts simply by having opinions that an employer doesn't agree with.
Some (many?) of us have kids or other responsibilities and don't have a nest egg, relatives or soft landings.
Until our peonage is less feudal I think it's going to be this way.
- jacquesm 16y agoThat's one I hadn't thought of, indeed. I've been 'unemployed' (that's a different word for self employed) long enough that it never even crossed my mind, sorry. On the other hand, it's a shame that it should come to the point that people are hiding who they are for fear of retribution from their employers.
- madair 16y ago:) Yes it is a shame. For me it's a few more years to get some teenagers through HS (it's not like that's without rewards) and then I can get back to wanton risk-taking. I spent my risk allowance for 10 years: founding a couple of lousy startups (not Silicon Valley, and it was my own damn fault that they were crapiola), and then an employer that suffered death by VC (that one wasn't my fault), so yeah, it's not like corporate is the only way in my case, it's just the recessionary cookie crumble.
- piguy314 16y agoIt's a shame but a fact of life; sensible people obscure their identity when they make controversial statements for fear of reprisal. Tying ones identity to their statements does more than discourage trolls, it has a chilling effect on free and critical speech.