Anonymous said:

Also did you know its illegal in the US to live in a house under a certain size?

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meams said:

Anonymous said:

Also did you know its illegal in the US to live in a house under a certain size?

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Source please.  I didnt know there were federal regulations regarding domestic dwelling measurements.  I thought that was a local- or state-level thing.

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Mr. Bojangles said:

I'm not in a corporate job anymore, but I enjoyed it when I was.  I operate a small business now and I don't know what ya'll are saying about overtime but owning a small business is MUCH more overtime than a corporate job.  When I worked in corporate America you bet your ass I was out of there in 8.5 hours.  That's all I'm getting paid for, "all my shit is done and I got shit to do back home, peace".  Can't really do that now.

The pay was awesome, although the pay from my small business is even more awesome so I can't really give that one to corporate jobs.

I liked wearing a suit everyday, I look good in one.  I like driving my nice car, I'm kind of a car guy.  New girls in the office were always awesome.  I liked going to lunch meetings, happy hour, parties both in and out of the office.  Getting toasted with coworkers and having my drunk bosses tell us fucked up stories.  Putting everything on the expense account (or getting the execs to put it on theirs, depending on your position). 

In my experience, corporate jobs are much more socially interactive than a lot of other jobs.  And in the end, that's what I like.  I mean, I meet a lot of people owning a business but I feel as if I have to constantly look out for #1...to keep my company going strong.  Thinking am I gonna have enough money to pay people, to expand...everything you say about possessions in your personal life happens at the small business owner level, so it's like double.  It's all for business. 

I never had to worry about business in my corporate job, that's the big-wigs job.  I just had to worry about doing my job...getting paid an exorbitant amount of money compared to the amount of work that is required of you.  I don't know, maybe it's just the type of person I am and how I worked it...but corporate America can be a good deal.

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See I am just miserable if I am not connected to the thing I spend 40-60 hours a week of my life on. Just 'doing what im supposed to do while the bosses worry about the big stuff' doesnt work in my brain. When you own your own company, you know every ounce of work you put into your business correlates to a more successful business. You get to reap the rewards of your work and it makes for a very fulfilling 40-60 hour week.

If you work hard in a corporate environment, you just make more money for the higher ups.

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Anonymous said:

Mr. Bojangles said:

I'm not in a corporate job anymore, but I enjoyed it when I was.  I operate a small business now and I don't know what ya'll are saying about overtime but owning a small business is MUCH more overtime than a corporate job.  When I worked in corporate America you bet your ass I was out of there in 8.5 hours.  That's all I'm getting paid for, "all my shit is done and I got shit to do back home, peace".  Can't really do that now.

The pay was awesome, although the pay from my small business is even more awesome so I can't really give that one to corporate jobs.

I liked wearing a suit everyday, I look good in one.  I like driving my nice car, I'm kind of a car guy.  New girls in the office were always awesome.  I liked going to lunch meetings, happy hour, parties both in and out of the office.  Getting toasted with coworkers and having my drunk bosses tell us fucked up stories.  Putting everything on the expense account (or getting the execs to put it on theirs, depending on your position). 

In my experience, corporate jobs are much more socially interactive than a lot of other jobs.  And in the end, that's what I like.  I mean, I meet a lot of people owning a business but I feel as if I have to constantly look out for #1...to keep my company going strong.  Thinking am I gonna have enough money to pay people, to expand...everything you say about possessions in your personal life happens at the small business owner level, so it's like double.  It's all for business. 

I never had to worry about business in my corporate job, that's the big-wigs job.  I just had to worry about doing my job...getting paid an exorbitant amount of money compared to the amount of work that is required of you.  I don't know, maybe it's just the type of person I am and how I worked it...but corporate America can be a good deal.

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See I am just miserable if I am not connected to the thing I spend 40-60 hours a week of my life on. Just 'doing what im supposed to do while the bosses worry about the big stuff' doesnt work in my brain. When you own your own company, you know every ounce of work you put into your business correlates to a more successful business. You get to reap the rewards of your work and it makes for a very fulfilling 40-60 hour week. 

If you work hard in a corporate environment, you just make more money for the higher ups. A lot of the time being a good worker isn't he first consideration in getting promoted (its social politics, who you know, how many ppl like you). If you work long hours at your business, you know you are building your business and it is something to be proud of. So to me, a 60 hour week in a corporate job vs 60 hours into your business is as different as day and night.

Also you sound like you had your corporate job pre 2008. Now a days you cant just leave when you feel like it because there are two dozen people who will gladly take your place because they are out of work. Also to my generation (people who graduated on or after 2008), getting paid exorbitant amount for minimal work is merely a fairy tale from past generations. In our work world, you work long hard hours and you start off basically at 30k you wont see that go up any time soon.

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