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To put it simply, I've become a slave to my employer... and it's killing me inside. Glad I don't own any guns because I may have shot myself at some point already.
Last time I made a rant/thread about my job, you all recommended I simply quit. Honestly I don't know how many people are just regurgitating what they've read or who speaks from experience, but the problem is I don't have an existing side business to turn to. It's actually more unfortunate that I bought into that lie for so long - the lie that I would actually need to create a "real business" and not just a "job disguised as a business" such as freelance work.
I'd be really interested to know how many people here have worked demanding FT jobs while starting an actual company. Even MJ's story is about quitting his limo-driving job and making websites for limo companies when he first started out. To me that sounds like freelancing.
Maybe I'm mistaken, but I keep reading about how it's a bad idea to create a "job disguised as a business" and start working for yourself. Yet of all the stories I've read, that's exactly what people have done. I'm finding it really difficult to work so much at my day job and still have the energy to produce anything of value on the side. I feel like quitting to just do freelance programming is the best and most practical option.
At least to start, and then from that point on I would have more free time to put towards an actual business model. Even in the worst-case scenario, if I had to still work long nights / weekends (which I assume is a given to start out), I'd be a lot happier knowing the effort I put in is directly proportional to the success/profits I get out for myself (rather than slaving away for an employer that treats me like crap).
Any thoughts? Again would love to hear from people who actually walk the walk and quit their jobs to start a business and whether you freelanced to start out... not just people regurgitating what they've read. I can go read stuff myself. Thanks.
Last time I made a rant/thread about my job, you all recommended I simply quit. Honestly I don't know how many people are just regurgitating what they've read or who speaks from experience, but the problem is I don't have an existing side business to turn to. It's actually more unfortunate that I bought into that lie for so long - the lie that I would actually need to create a "real business" and not just a "job disguised as a business" such as freelance work.
I'd be really interested to know how many people here have worked demanding FT jobs while starting an actual company. Even MJ's story is about quitting his limo-driving job and making websites for limo companies when he first started out. To me that sounds like freelancing.
Maybe I'm mistaken, but I keep reading about how it's a bad idea to create a "job disguised as a business" and start working for yourself. Yet of all the stories I've read, that's exactly what people have done. I'm finding it really difficult to work so much at my day job and still have the energy to produce anything of value on the side. I feel like quitting to just do freelance programming is the best and most practical option.
At least to start, and then from that point on I would have more free time to put towards an actual business model. Even in the worst-case scenario, if I had to still work long nights / weekends (which I assume is a given to start out), I'd be a lot happier knowing the effort I put in is directly proportional to the success/profits I get out for myself (rather than slaving away for an employer that treats me like crap).
Any thoughts? Again would love to hear from people who actually walk the walk and quit their jobs to start a business and whether you freelanced to start out... not just people regurgitating what they've read. I can go read stuff myself. Thanks.
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