Poll: Do you work for "the Man"? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: Do you work for "the Man"?

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Post by CoachRufus87 » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 9:12 PM UTC

For now.

Re: Poll: Do you work for "the Man"?

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Post by mgkimsal » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 9:13 PM UTC

foxxtrot wrote: post #6

cjeane wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is what I was thinking. Is the distinction having employees?

I would say that's a reasonable way to make that distinction.

What if my employees are freelancers? :)

Re: Poll: Do you work for "the Man"?

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Post by michaelpinto » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 9:17 PM UTC

Side note: I once met a former Apple employee who dismissed my sugar coated illusions my telling me that at the end of the day working for for even an amazing large tech company is "working for the man"

Re: Poll: Do you work for "the Man"?

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Post by tribe9 » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 9:18 PM UTC

I consider myself to be "the man," although in a different context. So in a sense, yes.

Re: Poll: Do you work for "the Man"?

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Post by jkent » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 9:32 PM UTC

I always recommend 'other' and 'none' options for practically all HN polls.

Not everyone is employed. Some people have unusual relationships (internships?).

Re: Poll: Do you work for "the Man"?

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Post by famousactress » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 9:35 PM UTC

originalgeek wrote: post #28

famousactress wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree.. I mean, yes.. working for yourself is a bit of illusion.. everyone has customers. But the spirit of the question in this case is a bit different. I think 'the man' we're all talking about is a short-sighted middle-manager type who's at the moment working with IT to install web-censoring software, and putting together a dashboard of LOC produced, per engineer, per day.

Ever dealt with the IRS? Or even a city business licensing authority?

Oh, totally.. but they don't care about me browsing HN..

... the IRS might be interested in a LOC count... :(

Re: Poll: Do you work for "the Man"?

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Post by kgutteridge » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 9:46 PM UTC

Founder of a mobile company 5 years ago, however I would say we worked for "the man" as we bootstrapped via client work, which at least makes us masters of our own destiny

Re: Poll: Do you work for "the Man"?

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Post by d2 » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 9:48 PM UTC

So far 19% of HN readers are full time entrepreneurs and 81% are either employed by someone else full-time or contractors.

Re: Poll: Do you work for "the Man"?

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Post by kunley » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 9:50 PM UTC

What about "stakeholder"?

Re: Poll: Do you work for "the Man"?

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Post by nowarninglabel » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 9:54 PM UTC

I own a company, contract for my old employer, and work for a company.

I work for Kiva though, and my boss passed me on a skateboard coming in to work this morning, so it's about as far from working from the man as I can get.