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Being your own boss is great, or so I've heard. You can work any 80 hours per week that you want.
Hogan
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CEO/CTO is a role where we no need to work hard. just speak well, thats enough 
Vande Matharam - Jai Hind
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There is also problem of 'If you want things one right, done it yourself'.
But you can't do everything by yourself also.
No more Mister Nice Guy... >: |
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Working for the growth of own, gives a great satisfaction. And more over when u can see your efforts are adding value to the company, u r the real boss . Working for others is not full, but this will be fully by heart.
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modified 6-Apr-21 21:01pm.
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You couldn't do worse, right?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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My Choice: Top Dog in the Developer Pit
Sounds funny. 
I wish, I could have written for my mind:
Mind.AsEnumerable().Where(m => m["EmptyCorner"] == "").ToList().ForEach(s => s.SetField("EmptyCorner", "C#, Asp.net, Linq, Java, .....Everyting"));
Mind.AcceptChanges();___________________________________________________
A little help through the tips and Articles
1. Table Valued Parameters
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It sure would beat the sleepless nights.
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Is precisely what and where I am.
I do believe there is no correlation between CTO and chief architect, one is basically a manager while the other gets his grubby little hands on the code, design and direction of the developer pit!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Founders shares during a massive IPO...
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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Tart, your just after the money! It would have been nice though!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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That's the be all and end all of any profession!! 
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Funny, I am at that point where early retirement is an option, one I don't want to take. At this point I am earning the max I will ever earn and I'm doing the most interesting of work. Why would I give that up to go play golf and have to entertain myself!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Different priorities I guess!! 
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My grand kids are probably older than your kids, so priorities are certainly different.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Quite possibly...
Amusingly, I'm actually working full time with one of my clients for the next couple of months... it just started, and I'm already missing my days off each week!!
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That actually sounds kind of boring to me as well...
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In which case, perhaps you need some more interests outside of coding!!
I find there's not enough time to do everything I want to get done now, let alone throwing working into the mix!! (See my sig for some of the interests that take up my time.)
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Waiting retirement to do what matter in your life is a bad decision. But something that is culturally accepted.
The concept of retirement does not exist for someone that is doing what matter for his life every day.
That can be coding, and if it is not anymore for you, then it's time to pivot, and rearrange your schedule...
Align your time with your priorities.
Waiting retirement is for the lazy man that fear making decision with his life.
The price of this laziness is wasting time on what does not matter to you.
If you are waiting for retirement the problem is that you don't like what you are doing, time to ask question to yourself.
I have nothing against you, just against the concept of retirement that make people think it is OK to sacrify their life for someone else until they get XX years old.
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Thanks for your interesting perspective, Nicolas...
I am certainly not waiting for retirement to do what's important to me. I view work as a means to an end, not an end in itself. You need a certain amount of money to fund your desired lifestyle - once you make that, there's a decision point - do you continue to work harder/more/whatever for the sake of earning even more money, or do you choose to work "just enough", and devote your time to other things that you deem more important.
I would much rather spend more time with my kids, or volunteering, or working on Booger Mobile, or skating... But the reality is that the bills need to be paid also!!
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I can't agree more on working just enough for our need, when by working, we mean doing something that you would not do if not paid. (Given that definition, I have a 4 work hours week)
My only point is that "You need a certain amount of money to fund your desired lifestyle, then you make a decision" is what most people are calling retirement.
And when we are asking them "How much ?" they give no answer. They assume the response is "until retirement" which is not an amount of money, but an amount of time, non refundable, and they can never get it... Both for economic reason, and because we are mere mortal.
Even better question would be "How can I make my work supporting this lifestyle now, not for retirement". Sure sometimes, it involves being paid less, and working less than other...
but I assume that for a programmer you already have some security bag, both on your bank account and on your current salary to start doing what you would do in retirement.
We are so lucky as programmer and IT in general, the world needs us everywhere we can easily work with anybody remotely or locally, this skill can support whatever lifestyle we want.
Too sad waiting for retirement to profit this gift.
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Nicolas Dorier wrote: by working, we mean doing something that you would not do if not paid.
Absolutely that's what I mean.
Nicolas Dorier wrote: How can I make my work supporting this lifestyle now, not for retirement
Absolutely. That's what I'm talking about. Working to live, not living to work.
Nicolas Dorier wrote: We are so lucky as programmer and IT in general, the world needs us everywhere
we can easily work with anybody remotely or locally, this skill can support
whatever lifestyle we want.
Sure are!!
Thanks for your responses - it's been interesting.
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Nice, I like your additional interests... but alas, I like doing what I'm doing. I find engineering fun and interesting. I get to learn how all sorts of things work and implement practical uses to the technology.... but I do agree, I should do more outside of coding/engineering. I do at least keep somewhat fit and active.
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Do you have kids Albert? I have found that since having mine, I'm far more mercenary with my time - I'd rather forego some income than take more time away from my family...
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