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Originally Posted by eok
The biggest reason not to get a job with a major corporation is that such jobs are temporary. They used to be permanent, but that was a different world in a different time. Instead of being an electronic engineer or IT person in a major corporation, you're better off being an auto mechanic or electrician, being paid by the hour. The corporate white collar workers are required to put in a lot of free overtime. The blue collar worker can earn more by working overtime. And when you aren't working overtime, you have more free time to start your own business. You can develop your own software or something, with the goal of eventually making money from it, while still doing blue collar work.
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This is true. Corporate America is now about who is young, who can work overtime, and who knows they have to move up or move out of their position within 1-2 years. In corporate America you can't count on your position for the long term because the position isn't designed to be stable, it's designed to be a place where you "prove yourself" before moving to another position, where you also must "prove yourself", it's just a step along the ladder, some fall off, others ascend. It's not stable.
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