Everyone starting a business works for little or no pay while they're getting the business off the ground.
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With the expectation of pay in the future. That’s different than “without pay” generally. That’s equity-pay.
Fair point!
I'm convinced that requiring business owners to front at least part of the capital (work, tools, money, etc.) is a major part of the magic of capitalism.
It forces them to be as efficient, as possible.
We find ourselves regularly making strategic or product decisions that seem stupid, in the moment, but save a lot of money, time or other resources, in the mid-term, because we're simply forced to save.
There is an equilibrium to be found, between starving coder and jet-setting dev. Need enough money coming in, to not burn out or give up, but not so much that money seems cheap.
The money being Bitcoin doubles down, on this effect, because Bitcoin is never cheap and spending it feels painful.
after a year at the coal-face i mainly need a bit of structured downtime... but probably the structure is more important than the down part
being sufficiently independent has been a new thing for me... i landed shitcoin jobs late 2021 and the money was insane and i didn't know what to do with myself and i realised i had been a slave to other people's attention in exchange for my housing and feeding
then i didn't see how to find something reasonably adequately ethical but then i bumped into nostr and got a job building a relay which i wanted to do for about 6 month before that
now i am in the consolidation phase... a sense of stability in that i know i can likely maintain my position as reasonably comfortable, if frugal, and now i want to figure out how to get that sense of balance because it's really important for doing the labors - feeling rested and ready... so there is more changes yet to come, but for sure, 1000% having a little companion has been a huge part of this for me... now someone is giving me a sense of obligation to remain stable
I’d go as far as willing to accept losses at first.
Gm.