[alexmingoia]

Never work for other people. Never work a 9-5. I would have started selling my own things or working for myself before leaving my parents house.

At 32 and finally working for myself, I can’t believe I spent almost 10 years building someone else’s dream.

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Can you share more info about your work now?

[alexmingoia]

What would you like to know?

Since working for myself I've had a VC-backed startup to improve democracy, done consulting work, and right now I'm writing a book about personal finance (thehappymoneybook.com).

If I could go back in time to 10 years ago I would have continued to work on the online t-shirt brand I had started instead of abandoning it to get a "real job."

Deep down I think most people resent the employer/employee relationship. I think most people are creative and entrepreneurial. But we're told in school to be obedient instead of problem solvers. We're told that failure is to be avoided. We're told that being comfortable and bored is better than broke and happy. I think more people don't work for themselves because they're scared, because they're told not to, and because they've forgotten how.