[thebigredjay]

I've always found that nothing ever happens unless I do it myself. That's generally how I treat problems, and it has left me in a better place because of it. On the rare occasion I meet someone else with the same drive I'm usually just thankful for their company. Thanks for doing what you do!

[moe]

I've always found that nothing ever happens unless I do it myself.

I share this experience. Over and over again.

I've come to call it the 9-5 attitude. As a freelancer it's always a sobering experience to churn through a time-critical project (critical for them) and then have the remote guy drop out of skype at 6:00pm, every day, as if it wasn't their servers that are going to blow up if we don't get this done before the marketing-campaign on friday...

Of course not all companies are like this, but I've observed it even in (funded) startups where it's especially irritating.

I think it has a lot of do with a perception of ownership. As a freelancer I am my business and do my best to deliver high quality work.

As Employee #17 in someone else's company it seems to be more common to gravitate towards the path of least resistance; do just enough to keep those paychecks coming.