[–] -2 points 1 month ago (9 children)

In the company I work for the CEO does quite a lot of work, in the previous company the owners were there when I came in the morning and still there when I left home, writing code like me but also meeting customers, doing acquisition, finding out why the cleaning company didn't send anyone that week, etc.

If being "a boss" is so easy, I don't understand why don't everyone here just go freelance, hire people and start browsing for Ferraris.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    No no, killing the CEO of BP will suddenly make you car run on unicorns and your heating work on good vibes.

    We don't need public transport, investment in green energy and a reduction in our consumption. We need to kill a few guys, that's all.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (11 children)

    I wonder how many outraged posters have ever tried to be their own boss. I gladly trade 50% of my potential income for uninterrupted family time, PTO, marketing, customer service, support, accounting, tax declaration, and all the other crap that I had to do myself as a freelancer.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Why are all this discussions centered in 1880 industrial England? Less than 10% of people work in manufacturing in Western economies, time to come up with better examples maybe? Do you also live in a house with a clock on the front wall?

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