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Subject:Re: Average Hours Worked From:Brad Jensen <brad -at- elstore -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 2 Aug 2002 09:39:23 -0500
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From: "Andrew Plato" <gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com>>
> If you want to work 20 hours a
> week - get a job that suits that. But don't expect to
> make the same money or get the same respect.
No, expect more money and more respect.
Become self-employed, even if someone else is
still signing the paycheck.
> There is
> a trade-off between the value of your skills and what
> organizations are willing to pay for that labor.
But there is no implication that the market is perfectly
competitive - it is not.
> If
> you truly, deeply, madly want to only work 20 hours a
> week, then go acquire a skill that is so tremendously
> valuable, that you can live comfortably off a mere 20
> hours of work per week.
>
> Andrew Plato
Or make everything you do, play.
The more you enjoy your work, the more money you will make.
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