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> If you didn't want money at some level, you wouldn't make a company, you'd make a social club or other hobbyist group. In almost every case, there is a bette
by ergonaught 4y ago
> If you didn't want money at some level, you wouldn't make a company, you'd make a social club or other hobbyist group.
In almost every case, there is a better way to make money than whatever any individual is doing. If money were the point, they’d go do something else.
I had this argument with the executive and sales teams at a company 20 years ago. I knew from direct personal experience that there was more money to be made via plumbing contracts for the US Army than our entire software development company was making. Did they want to do plumbing? I assure you they did not.
Money, it turns out, wasn’t the point after all.
- orangeoxidation 4y ago> Money, it turns out, wasn’t the point after all. Not the only point. Asking them if they wanted to do the sales team job without compensation would get you the obvious answer. They wouldn't. Money is the point, it's just not the sole point and it cannot be stretched arbitrarily. "Money for rent", "money for retirement", "money for vacation" and "money for a second home" are not the same.
- hinkley 4y agoThere's a couple other professions that make more than that. One of the oldest, in fact.