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Quitting your job is by no means easy. You'd either have to be willing to take a huge risk if you don't have any savings or you have to plan way ahead to minim

by ricardo 17y ago

Quitting your job is by no means easy. You'd either have to be willing to take a huge risk if you don't have any savings or you have to plan way ahead to minimize the damaage. Having a spouse and/or kids to support only makes it harder. Sure, quitting your job doesn't mean you've made anything useful but it isn't as easy as the article suggests. For most people, building something on the side requires they give up some other aspect of their personal lives. If someone has found a way to chase their dreams by quitting a job they don't enjoy and keeping their personal lives straight, then I think they deserve some encouragement. I'm a fan of 37signals and have been reading their blog for years but the tone of their recent posts have gotten strangely negative. Just by applauding someone for quitting their job doesn't mean they're ignoring those that moonlight. I hope this post, 'The Next Generation Bends Over,' and the 'Mojito Island is a Myth' aren't indicative of a new direction for them. Every new post seems to be a defense of their business model.

rapind 17y ago
I couldn't agree more. Quitting your job is by no means easy for most of us. While I do think you can build something on the side, he spread a bunch of crap around to make this point.
bad_user 17y ago
> Just by applauding someone for quitting their job doesn't mean they're ignoring those that moonlight True. I also think that applauding can also serve (such as in this case) as an encouragement, and not necessarily as a recognition of success. There's nothing wrong with applauding both at the start and at the finish line. I think that the author of the post had something to express, like "starting a side-project is also courageous" and "it's nothing wrong about starting a side project", and he felt that it should be in strong opposition with the current appearances (people encouraged to quit their job). It's a little shallow, but not necessarily negative.

by ricardo 17y ago

rapind 17y ago

I couldn't agree more. Quitting your job is by no means easy for most of us. While I do think you can build something on the side, he spread a bunch of crap around to make this point.

bad_user 17y ago

> Just by applauding someone for quitting their job doesn't mean they're ignoring those that moonlight True. I also think that applauding can also serve (such as in this case) as an encouragement, and not necessarily as a recognition of success. There's nothing wrong with applauding both at the start and at the finish line. I think that the author of the post had something to express, like "starting a side-project is also courageous" and "it's nothing wrong about starting a side project", and he felt that it should be in strong opposition with the current appearances (people encouraged to quit their job). It's a little shallow, but not necessarily negative.