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> The weird idea that only the "super-privileged" can do this is just flat-out wrong. It's not that YOU HAVE TO BE super-privileged to be able to quit your jo
by deeviant 6y ago
> The weird idea that only the "super-privileged" can do this is just flat-out wrong.
It's not that YOU HAVE TO BE super-privileged to be able to quit your job and take a whack at the start-up lyfe, it's just that you are much more likely than the average person to be super-privileged.
That's how stereotypes work.
- spoonjim 6y agoYou don’t need to quit your job to start a online business. I make 30K a year from a website that takes me about 10 hours a year and took about 1000 hours to build during which I learned a lot and had a lot of fun.
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- superimposition 6y agoAuthority based affiliate website?
- germinalphrase 6y agoURL?
- spoonjim 6y agoThere’s a reason that when people have a good thing like this going they never tell anyone else about it. Don’t want competitors.
- germinalphrase 6y agoFair enough.
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- joncrane 6y agoHaving a job doesn't disqualify a person from forming a separate, revenue generating business.
- justsid 6y agoBecause time grows on trees... To start a business you need to invest a lot of time (and money), which most people simply don’t have. I have a regular job and no children, and there are so many things I’d love to do but simply don’t have the time for. This is true for most people.
- triceratops 6y agoMost job contracts have no-moonlighting terms, non-competes, or mandatory IP assignment clauses.