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I fundamentally agree with this article. I think there are two factors at play here 1) Modularization of everything we purchase. Freelancers/contractors give bu

by dundas 15y ago

I fundamentally agree with this article. I think there are two factors at play here 1) Modularization of everything we purchase. Freelancers/contractors give business flexibility to scale up or down as they need to. 2) A continuation of the erosion of loyalty to a corporation. Our parents generation spent 10-20 years at a job. Our generation spends 2-5 max. In my view this is great especially for the US because it means that more people get paid for the value they create as opposed to wasting a company's time/money by clocking in from 9-5 and just waiting for Friday to roll around.

mgkimsal 15y ago
"Our parents generation spent 10-20 years at a job. Our generation spends 2-5 max." I wonder if in some ways we're getting just as much done in those 5 years vs the 20 earlier generations spent. Perhaps there's a set amount of work at which people tend to move on (or get laid off) and we're just reaching it faster? Far-fetched, I know, but still crossed my mind.