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Originally Posted by Sam988  For once, i'd really like an answer to this previous post of mine, Steve.
Just to make things as clear as possible: Working for big corporations means being able to maximize one's skills to create more value than one would be capable of creating if he didn't have the tools/capital/structure that the corporation affords/lends him. As a consequence of the higher amount of value he creates with the help of the corporation, he can receive more money than he would receive if he used these same skills by himself -without any instrument to leverage them.
So once/if ever the fellow has accumulated a decent amount of capital/skill/clients/experience, then dropping the corporate job might be a good idea (if there are no prospects for a further rise in the corp hierarchy), but until then it's a great option and far from being a slave job. |
How about this one: if you're a salaried employee, you are not the one who determines your salary, your work environment, your schedule, your colleagues. You are subject to silly time consuming meetings, incompetent managers, non-productive team members that hold you back, silly company policies, etc etc etc.
You're paying a price for making yourself dependent on others in this way. That's the slave mentality Steve's talking about.
Yes you can learn a lot too but can't you learn that in other ways as well?
If you're self-employed, or have your own company, you have much more influence in what is important for you. It is not a bed of roses but it's much more empowering.