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You do what you did: you quit. You will never get rich working for someone else. You may make a few million over the course of years, but without ownership, y

You do what you did: you quit. You will never get rich working for someone else. You may make a few million over the course of years, but without ownership, you'll never build true wealth. Chalk it up to learning, start your own thing, don't look back. Or come and work for me ;-)

jtj 18y ago
:) Thanks Ryan. I never regretted that decision of mine. I believe the dots will connect going forward. If things go well I should be bootstrapping my firm by Oct-Nov. But this incident disturbed the faith in me about work, people and trust. It has been hard to get over it completely.
- whacked_new 18y ago
  Great to see this kind of discussion with insight and foresight.
- mrtron 18y ago
  I sometimes get very angry at people that have screwed me over. You don't need to get over it completely - learn from the lessons. But don't let it negatively impact your future decisions, the best revenge is living well.
  - SwellJoe 18y ago
    I concur. Holding a grudge hurts no one but yourself. Anger damages the angry person far more than the target of the anger. It merely distracts you from your goals.
jamiequint 18y ago
"You will never get rich working for someone else. You may make a few million over the course of years, but without ownership, you'll never build true wealth." Except for on Wall Street
- daniel-cussen 18y ago
  There's Wall Street, MBA from Harvard or equivalent + management career in corporate America, medicine, law (if you do well), entertainment (Hollywood plus pro sports plus books plus some other categories), politician turned lobbyist, and crime. I think that about covers it.
  - byrneseyeview 18y ago
    Consulting, sometimes, sales (for really high-end goods -- I think the sales teams at IBM in the 60's and Lucent in the 90's did really, really well). And I'd exclude law. I'm pretty sure the successful lawyers make partner, and then are (to some extent) working for themselves.

jtj 18y ago

:) Thanks Ryan. I never regretted that decision of mine. I believe the dots will connect going forward. If things go well I should be bootstrapping my firm by Oct-Nov. But this incident disturbed the faith in me about work, people and trust. It has been hard to get over it completely.

whacked_new 18y ago
Great to see this kind of discussion with insight and foresight.
mrtron 18y ago
I sometimes get very angry at people that have screwed me over. You don't need to get over it completely - learn from the lessons. But don't let it negatively impact your future decisions, the best revenge is living well.
- SwellJoe 18y ago
  I concur. Holding a grudge hurts no one but yourself. Anger damages the angry person far more than the target of the anger. It merely distracts you from your goals.

jamiequint 18y ago

"You will never get rich working for someone else. You may make a few million over the course of years, but without ownership, you'll never build true wealth." Except for on Wall Street

daniel-cussen 18y ago
There's Wall Street, MBA from Harvard or equivalent + management career in corporate America, medicine, law (if you do well), entertainment (Hollywood plus pro sports plus books plus some other categories), politician turned lobbyist, and crime. I think that about covers it.
- byrneseyeview 18y ago
  Consulting, sometimes, sales (for really high-end goods -- I think the sales teams at IBM in the 60's and Lucent in the 90's did really, really well). And I'd exclude law. I'm pretty sure the successful lawyers make partner, and then are (to some extent) working for themselves.