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I've been trying to escape having a corporate day job for 8 years now precisely because it doesn't feel natural; I constantly get the urge to escape and I chang
by jondubois 8y ago
I've been trying to escape having a corporate day job for 8 years now precisely because it doesn't feel natural; I constantly get the urge to escape and I change companies often.
I hope that this kind of article doesn't promote the mindset that if you're not financially successful by the time you turn 30, then you're either lazy or unskilled (I.e. thinking that leaders are fundamentally different than employees).
There are a lot of business leaders today who harbor significant contempt towards their own employees; you can see it by how they talk about their employees and how they interact with them.
It might seem like some employees aren't ambitious, don't take initiative and don't want to step outside of their comfort zone but that's rarely true; most employees do want to take control of their lives and they devise plans to make it happen; but dumb luck is just a much more powerful force. You can't beat dumb luck.
- rocannon 8y agoPlease do not be discouraged. You can't always beat dumb luck, but you can certainly fight it. Also, there's a saying: "you make your own luck". It sounds glib, but there's some truth to it.
- rafiki6 8y agoWhy not start by becoming a consultant? I think that's always a good question to ask yourself. Consulting has many of the challenges you'd face running your own business, except the product you're selling is yourself.
- jondubois 8y agoI did do contracting in the past and I do consulting from time to time related to an open source project that I created but it's not enough to turn into a full time business yet.