Work for yourself is always superior. The nature of employment is akin to slavery. Master-slave, lord-serf, employer-employee. When the US was founded, people l

Work for yourself is always superior. The nature of employment is akin to slavery. Master-slave, lord-serf, employer-employee. When the US was founded, people largely worked for themselves as craftsmen and farmers. People were probably a lot happier then than today, for obvious reasons, less oppression. People that do work for themselves often present themselves as victims, being responsible for more in some ways. But the freedom is regained, and sense of liberation. I've offered these individuals many times to simply apply and get a job working for someone else to quench their victimhood. While I'm sure it's happened many times, I've never personally met a taker on that offer. Unless someone had a terrible experience and couldn't make it work while being self-employed, most people intrinsically know that having your boss be "survival" rather than an actual talking head (who will cut you as soon as you're not profitable just the same), is superior. There's more upside financially doing this as well, rather than locked in a situation where the only reason you're there is because you're creating more value than you accept in pay. Self-employed people always get 100% of the fruits of their passion and labor back.