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So in your ideal job you have no coworkers and no management/supervision, and no team meetings. What exactly would you be building where your independent/solo p

So in your ideal job you have no coworkers and no management/supervision, and no team meetings. What exactly would you be building where your independent/solo piece of work unlocks 10 customer deals if you have zero interactions with anyone at the company? * Who is defining what needs to be done? * Are you talking directly to customers to learn what they want, negotiate features and schedules, iteratively build it, get feedback and release? * Are you working on their billing issues, help requests and bug fixes independently as well? * What about marketing, status pages, monitoring systems, etc?

deanmoriarty 3y ago
Exactly, this just proves that there is no job that meets my definition of "freedom". My list was a direct response to: "If you want freedom, you don't need a business. Just a good enough day job.". That statement is flawed for my definition of "freedom". Freedom, in my opinion, is what another commenter in this thread wrote: > I consider it one of the greatest blessings in my life. Dealing only with customers and code means no bullshit, only the pure joy of actual work, plus the freedom and independence...
- mattbrewsbytes 3y ago
  You have FU money saved, or rather, enough where you could live in a mid-sized US city in perpetuity off the interest on $4.5m - assume 5% per year on that and its $225k without touching the base. You could literally quit and just start throwing spaghetti at the wall until you see what sticks (try 1 idea per month or two). You already have freedom sitting there.