Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 23:27:13 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <9eb45192-e996-fa3d-b002-c02798bb2b7a@example.net> <7e375fa6-9dad-927b-ebcb-898b6adafc00@example.net> <998225ad-dc63-23f8-4e4b-92e76ec29636@example.net> <0186e59b-8801-2a6a-c38c-dc4bbddc86cc@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2881302"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62427 On Sat, 14 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 14/12/2024 18:56, rbowman wrote: >> On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:20:58 +0100, D wrote: >> >>> Sounds like a good man! You should keep him! >> >> I don't think it was 'What Color is your Parachute' but there was a book >> from the '70s that had a punchline like 'How to hire an employer.' It's a >> worthwhile way to think. They're not hiring you, you're finding >> corporation that will provide a sales force, accountants, and all that >> business cruft while you happily write code. >> >> Many people dream of having their own business. Been there, done that, and >> found the business part very tedious. > > Yes and no. I quite enjoyed doing cost benefit analysis. I hated dealing with > people. > I only ever managed to fire one person after all his colleagues begged me to > do it. That's the golden combination I have in my own business. I sell, and my partners do the work. They get to focus on technology, and not on selling, and I do the talking, and enviously look at the great technical work they are doing, dreaming of when I was 20 years younger and doing that myself. ;)