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It's not surprising that at this point the poll is at 21 vs 22. Competition will ensure that incentives remain more or less balanced between the two options (t

It's not surprising that at this point the poll is at 21 vs 22. Competition will ensure that incentives remain more or less balanced between the two options (the less freelancers there are, the more they can charge, and the less full timers there are, the more they will be paid). Unless we lived in a world where one of them was so much easier to attract talent to that the other just died off. For specific people in specific circumstances one might be a bit better (small kids at home, difficulty selling your services, etc'), but the differences between people's preferences aren't that huge, so we should expect the poll to be about 50-50.

k__ 4y ago
It isn't balanced anymore.
- gibspaulding 4y ago
  Users of a site run by a startup accelerator might be prone to lean towards a certain one of these answers.
  - princevegeta89 4y ago
    But again, a lot of these users would have seen both sides of the coin and so I guess that makes them the best audience to participate in that poll
gruez 4y ago
> It's not surprising that at this point the poll is at 21 vs 22. >Competition will ensure that incentives remain more or less balanced between the two options (the less freelancers there are, the more they can charge, and the less full timers there are, the more they will be paid). I agree that competition prevents one side from being too lopsided, but there's no reason why it would result in a 50-50 split. For instance, if being employed has structural factors that makes it preferred (eg. stability, economies of scale), then you'd expect more people to be employed. Indeed, that's how the broader economy works; the employed/self-employed ratio in the US isn't even close to 50-50.
- randomdata 4y ago
  The difference between freelancing and employment is spurious to begin with and is really only differentiated to make collecting taxes easier for the government. Which also means that the government is known to reclassify freelance agreements into employment agreements to suit their favour. 50/50 might be closer to the norm if buyers and sellers had more freedom to choose.

k__ 4y ago

It isn't balanced anymore.

gibspaulding 4y ago
Users of a site run by a startup accelerator might be prone to lean towards a certain one of these answers.
- princevegeta89 4y ago
  But again, a lot of these users would have seen both sides of the coin and so I guess that makes them the best audience to participate in that poll

gruez 4y ago

> It's not surprising that at this point the poll is at 21 vs 22. >Competition will ensure that incentives remain more or less balanced between the two options (the less freelancers there are, the more they can charge, and the less full timers there are, the more they will be paid). I agree that competition prevents one side from being too lopsided, but there's no reason why it would result in a 50-50 split. For instance, if being employed has structural factors that makes it preferred (eg. stability, economies of scale), then you'd expect more people to be employed. Indeed, that's how the broader economy works; the employed/self-employed ratio in the US isn't even close to 50-50.

randomdata 4y ago
The difference between freelancing and employment is spurious to begin with and is really only differentiated to make collecting taxes easier for the government. Which also means that the government is known to reclassify freelance agreements into employment agreements to suit their favour. 50/50 might be closer to the norm if buyers and sellers had more freedom to choose.