Comments on: Work, Jobs and Freedom http://www.wayofthemind.org/2006/03/30/107/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:42:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Pedro Timóteo http://www.wayofthemind.org/2006/03/30/107/comment-page-1/#comment-1775 Pedro Timóteo Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:14:00 +0000 http://www.wayofthemind.org/2006/03/30/107/#comment-1775 Kren, you sound like Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes)'s father: "suffering builds character". :) I agree, though: experiences are a good thing, and you won't be aware of how great it is to be self-employed if you haven't experience the other side. :) I have to disagree, though, with the "not very smart or lacking social skills". Look at <a href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/" rel="nofollow">this guy</a>. He only had a job for a couple of months in his entire life, lives just from his blog (and earns about 8 times as much as I do with my current job), and loves to speak in public. Coincidentally, he has <a href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/07/10-reasons-you-should-never-get-a-job/" rel="nofollow">something</a> interesting to say about this: <blockquote>Many people treat their jobs as their primary social outlet. They hang out with the same people working in the same field. Such incestuous relations are social dead ends. An exciting day includes deep conversations about the company’s switch from Sparkletts to Arrowhead, the delay of Microsoft’s latest operating system, and the unexpected delivery of more Bic pens.</blockquote> Kren, you sound like Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes)’s father: “suffering builds character”. :)

I agree, though: experiences are a good thing, and you won’t be aware of how great it is to be self-employed if you haven’t experience the other side. :)

I have to disagree, though, with the “not very smart or lacking social skills”. Look at this guy. He only had a job for a couple of months in his entire life, lives just from his blog (and earns about 8 times as much as I do with my current job), and loves to speak in public.

Coincidentally, he has something interesting to say about this:

Many people treat their jobs as their primary social outlet. They hang out with the same people working in the same field. Such incestuous relations are social dead ends. An exciting day includes deep conversations about the company’s switch from Sparkletts to Arrowhead, the delay of Microsoft’s latest operating system, and the unexpected delivery of more Bic pens.

]]> By: Kren http://www.wayofthemind.org/2006/03/30/107/comment-page-1/#comment-1737 Kren Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:13:55 +0000 http://www.wayofthemind.org/2006/03/30/107/#comment-1737 It's really a good point you make here. I do have the urge to mention one thing about working for an employer. I notice that a lot of people who never have worked for anybody else in thier lives seem... not very smart. Or lacking social skills. I think that everybody should work a regular minimum wage job at least for a few months when they are younger. I'm sure the experience is good for anybody, understanding what it is to live like that. It’s really a good point you make here.
I do have the urge to mention one thing about working for an employer.
I notice that a lot of people who never have worked for anybody else in thier lives seem… not very smart.
Or lacking social skills.
I think that everybody should work a regular minimum wage job at least for a few months when they are younger.
I’m sure the experience is good for anybody, understanding what it is to live like that.

]]> By: Kym http://www.wayofthemind.org/2006/03/30/107/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Kym Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:34:39 +0000 http://www.wayofthemind.org/2006/03/30/107/#comment-432 I really wish I had considered other paths before setting off to college and earning myself a sizeable amount of debt. Now, that debt inhibits the decisions I can make. But I guess an 18 year old from a blue-collar family can't be expected to see any other path besides college and making more money than her parents as an improvement. I really wish I had considered other paths before setting off to college and earning myself a sizeable amount of debt. Now, that debt inhibits the decisions I can make. But I guess an 18 year old from a blue-collar family can’t be expected to see any other path besides college and making more money than her parents as an improvement.

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