I can't see myself working a deskjob as someone's lackey.
Sure it could be a steady job, but working here makes me uncomfortable. It's an environment that I have to adapt myself to which carries way too many restrictions with much more profound outcomes. If I were to make a mistake, be it a careless mistake in my work or letting a piece of my personal life slip out, I could easily lose my job. And even if I were to make no mistakes and work hard, layoffs is a normal cycle toa desk job.
It does have its benefits over self employment. For example, you don't deal with every aspect of a company. The payout and stability of self employment is much more erratic as you start out and the payoff could be a long time coming. However, the work you put in and the return that you may get is a great experience that won't happen working for someone else. Not to mention that no one will willingly make you a millionaire unless you go out and grab it for yourself.
And somehow I thought of stevepavlina.com which I haven't visited for awhile. Here's what he has to say.
In short, what I said before about the pro's of getting a deskjob was corporate brainwashing and I need to really value my time.
What's really interesting is the myths of a corporate job. What I thought as a pro, "stability", wasn't entirely true.
"Does putting yourself in a position where someone else can turn off all
your income just by saying two words (”You’re fired”) sound like a safe
and secure situation to you? Does having only one income stream
honestly sound more secure than having 10?"
Off topic, why do people who write don't put their foot in their mouth as often as I do? Whenever I write something, it feels as if I always make a mistake in assuming something. Yeah I can point out inexperience with the subject, but when does it change? I will admit that alot of the things I say now with surety is probably wrong in one way or another.
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