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Reads to me like the author is trying to elicit some empathy. It just sounds like he was just fine leaving his family for a job. Not getting paid couldn’t have

by close04 6mo ago

Reads to me like the author is trying to elicit some empathy. It just sounds like he was just fine leaving his family for a job. Not getting paid couldn’t have factored into that decision.

0x3f 6mo ago
> It just sounds like he was just fine leaving his family for a job. Or... maybe he needs income to exist.
- InMice 6mo ago
  He doesnt provide any context for that if so and if you look around the site, doesn't seem like the case at all. More like he just decided on the phone something interested him enough to bounce indefinitely.
  - williamdclt 6mo ago
    Seems strange to assume that he does _not_ need income to exist, not sure what society you live in but I'm interested
Imustaskforhelp 6mo ago
They work within a niche space, as others have said, they follow where the work is, So they are able to charge more which I hope is able for them to survive in modern economy and be able to give more time to their family. atleast that's my interpretation of it of how logic might follow if they are working in niche space, many people seem to be applying the logic onto themselves into completely standard situation, but I don't suppose that is the case here. Hope this helps in genuinely understanding their situation, from my reading/thinking about it.
- doctorhandshake 6mo ago
  Well and tactfully said, thank you. Didn’t realize it needed saying but I left the child and did the work in exchange for money I needed (still need) to feed the child. Many people do this every day. I do it when it makes sense or the conditions require, which is to say I am a WFH contractor who sometimes works on site occasionally.
zamadatix 6mo ago
The assumption with taking a contract is it's better than what your other options will be to get the same total income/time worked. Especially for specialized work like this, taking the contract means you can get multiples of the time back in the following months. When you don't get paid you end up without that time back the income was supposed to provide (and you're in 1 months less of savings to boot).

by close04 6mo ago

Reads to me like the author is trying to elicit some empathy. It just sounds like he was just fine leaving his family for a job. Not getting paid couldn’t have factored into that decision.

0x3f 6mo ago

> It just sounds like he was just fine leaving his family for a job. Or... maybe he needs income to exist.

InMice 6mo ago
He doesnt provide any context for that if so and if you look around the site, doesn't seem like the case at all. More like he just decided on the phone something interested him enough to bounce indefinitely.
- williamdclt 6mo ago
  Seems strange to assume that he does _not_ need income to exist, not sure what society you live in but I'm interested

Imustaskforhelp 6mo ago

They work within a niche space, as others have said, they follow where the work is, So they are able to charge more which I hope is able for them to survive in modern economy and be able to give more time to their family. atleast that's my interpretation of it of how logic might follow if they are working in niche space, many people seem to be applying the logic onto themselves into completely standard situation, but I don't suppose that is the case here. Hope this helps in genuinely understanding their situation, from my reading/thinking about it.

doctorhandshake 6mo ago
Well and tactfully said, thank you. Didn’t realize it needed saying but I left the child and did the work in exchange for money I needed (still need) to feed the child. Many people do this every day. I do it when it makes sense or the conditions require, which is to say I am a WFH contractor who sometimes works on site occasionally.

zamadatix 6mo ago

The assumption with taking a contract is it's better than what your other options will be to get the same total income/time worked. Especially for specialized work like this, taking the contract means you can get multiples of the time back in the following months. When you don't get paid you end up without that time back the income was supposed to provide (and you're in 1 months less of savings to boot).