10 reasons you should never get a job
Posted on August 22nd, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
The idea that a job is the most secure way to generate income is just silly. You can’t have security if you don’t have control, and employees have the least control of anyone. If you’re an employee, then your real job title should be professional gambler.
Via Adriana, with whose opinion of Steve’s blogging-for-income ideas I concur.
Filed under: Blogging, Business, Fun, Happiness, Individuality vs Collectivism, Life, Work
But what’s wrong with being a professional gambler? Professional gamblers make lots of money. (My great-grandfather was a professional card sharp in the Australian Outback, trivia fans.) The thing with gambling is to play the odds. And while it’s technically true to say that getting a job involves taking a risk that you won’t be made redundant, the fact is that it’s a reasonable and calculated risk.
In fact, come to think of it, the only big risk I took, income-wise, was leaving my full-time employment to relocate to Northern Ireland. I ended up unemployed for six months, and seriously skint. In my experience, not being employed is a far bigger and worse gamble than being employed.
I think you are conflating joblessness with unemployment, Jo. I don’t have a job, but I’m still making money, and I’m a million times happier, less stressed, and fulfilled than I ever was in any salaried role.
Squander Two: Yeah, but what about the human pet training…
Well, yeah, I was conflating joblessness with unemployment, but only because they actually were the same thing in my case.