This is a rather provocative piece and it does have some interesting points. But it is very heavily biased!! Take its advice only after you consider BOTH sides of the equation and seeing its ramifications on what you can do once you cross over to the self-employment/business ownership side!
Having a job is NOT what Steve makes it look like unless you have a minimum wage job or you are completely miserable where you currently work. Companies, managers, groups of people are all necessary to create valuable products. People come together to unite their talent and productive abilities. If you ever jump over to the self-employment or business ownership side of the fence, you quickly realize this.
Don't believe me? Make a list of everything you need to start a business.. But don't cheat if you are going to start a blog and talk about personal development!
You are not a one-man show at all! Who wrote all those books you devoured over the years to inspire your writing? Who funded all that research? Who is hosting your website? Who wrote that blogging software you are about to use?
Getting a job looks bad when people forget why they decided to work together and what it is they are trying to achieve. I think this piece would have been a lot better if it reminded its readers about this point.
In short, getting a job is NOT throwing in the towel at all so long as you are making a conscious choice. In fact, almost everything Steve talks about has been discovered by people who had jobs as researchers, scientists, engineers, etc.. If he is able to see far, it is because he is standing on the shoulders of countless hours of work performed by employees whose contributions to society happened within the resourceful environment provided by a company or a research institution.
Before you quit, reconsider your own knowledge, skills, talents and passions... And decide what you can do on your own alone.. How will you find others to join forces? And once you find them, won't your new work place look like a company? Can you find an already existing company which you can join? Do you have to create one from scratch? Do you create everything from scratch when you need something?
Think!
