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The idea of not working for "the man" is merely an illusion. If you are freelance or a business owner, "the man" is your clients/customers and the government. L
by originalgeek 16y ago
The idea of not working for "the man" is merely an illusion. If you are freelance or a business owner, "the man" is your clients/customers and the government. Let's say your enterprise involves the illegal distribution of contraband, then "the man" is your supplier. Or let's say you're just a laborer working for a small building contractor, the boss is "the man".
- famousactress 16y agoI disagree.. I mean, yes.. working for yourself is a bit of illusion.. everyone has customers. But the spirit of the question in this case is a bit different. I think 'the man' we're all talking about is a short-sighted middle-manager type who's at the moment working with IT to install web-censoring software, and putting together a dashboard of LOC produced, per engineer, per day.
- originalgeek 16y agoEver dealt with the IRS? Or even a city business licensing authority?
- famousactress 16y agoOh, totally.. but they don't care about me browsing HN.. ... the IRS might be interested in a LOC count... :(
- nostrademons 16y agoYou can be employed by someone else and still not work for a short-sighted middle manager type. My boss knows I post on HN, he doesn't care as long as I get my work done, and he doesn't tell me what to do. I think your comparison is more along the lines of "Do you work with shitty managers or good managers?"
- famousactress 16y agoExactly! I think that's what I was more interested in learning when I proposed this poll... Essentially what level of autonomy people have over how they spend and manage their time and energy.
- originalgeek 16y agoWell, they're still "the man", and they will let you know it if you don't cross your t's and dot your i's.