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I see where you're coming from. In a way, you have a point, and in another, you don't :) You've provided massive value to the business, but on the other hand, o

• chris_mahan 13y ago
  You're right: other people made my work possible. They put computers on my desk, paid for (nice) offices, paid the power, air conditioning, water bills, stocked the coffee room, emptied the trash, etc. They also insured the software was licensed, the laser printers were fast, stocked, and maintained. They paid the networking bills, etc. All these things I would have to do myself if I ran my own business, and I could not possibly do them as well and as cost-effectively as people who specialize in that work. This leads to why small businesses are hard: the owner has to do everything themselves, and at many things, they are bad. At my current company, I give the car to the free valet in the garage, grab a cup of tea, walk to my desk and sit down and work, without worrying about all the infrastructure stuff.
  • whatevsbro 13y ago
    > They put computers on my desk, paid for (nice) offices, paid the power, air conditioning True, but more importantly, before all of that, they made something people want to pay for and acquired enough customers to pay for that shit, and for lots of salaries too. That's a good accomplishment, unless they're part of some government-supported cartel etc. There are plenty of those too.