Subj : Re: young people
To   : Tiny
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Nov 11 2025 08:05:01

-=> Tiny wrote to Arelor <=-

 A> If you are the sort of person who actually cares for his professional
 A> trajectory you are much better off working for yourself. Really.

 Ti> Agreed.  I was self employed from age 20-50.  I've been with this
 Ti> company 3.5 years now and it's my first "job" in 30 years.

 Ti> Currently I'm supporting the household so I can't afford to gamble and
 Ti> need a regular pay cheque.

 There's a lot to be said for working for yourself in the early days
 of your career - when you don't have a family, are renting a small
 place... the stakes are lower.

 I freelanced from 2000 to 2004, caught the tail end of the dot-com
 boom building IT organizations, then was a sysadmin for hire. You learn
 a lot about yourself when you work for yourself.

 One bit of advice I took away from that time?

 "Never tell the client 'No'. Tell them how much 'Yes' costs."








 
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