ositolector
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I heard this little gem back when I was debating with myself between being an independent contractor ie. consultant or hiring out as an employee. This was in the IT industry. In discussing the options with some peers, one of the older ones said the line between w2 and 1099 was a good part mental. His point was that even as an employee your mindset should be that although they can think that they're paying you to do a given job, you're there to exploit the opportunity to learn, earn, and improve your little product which is yourself. Once I shed the delusion of worker/employer and saw it as a mutual exploitation system, I got a lot better at the game.
PS- a great scene in the movie The Jerk where Nathan realizes that the idea of the carney events is to fleece the customers. He says, OHHHH, it's a for-profit deal.... whew, that take's the pressure off!"
PS- a great scene in the movie The Jerk where Nathan realizes that the idea of the carney events is to fleece the customers. He says, OHHHH, it's a for-profit deal.... whew, that take's the pressure off!"