Design and Culture Thoughts of the Day

Being a freelancer is no longer feasible. I'm completely jaded about every corporate job at Facebook or Google. They don't want people like me. They don't want people who are creative or think for themselves. They want people who fit... the Mold. I'm a dynamic person and I deserve my own business. My thoughts on starting a business before starting one: 1. Why go through the trouble of starting your own company when there are so many out there you can join?  Well, see my previous posts on that one. Company cultures, personalities and attitudes, inability to make a real living or a real wage. Still pissed at EA for only hiring me as a contractor for 21.00/ hour. And I lived with it! I couldn't even pay my rent on that. Who could? 2. Doesn't it cost money to get started? What if that becomes a total loss? Getting started isn't hard when you read up on how the professionals do it. It cost me like nothing to read a business book my friend lent me, but...

I'm caught between two opposing forces. I'm working for a start up company that seems to have brought me back to my blog again. If you're curious this post won't be made public until I leave this place. It seemed to come at the perfect time. I joined a startup company that aims to create a social media network for diverse candidates in all fields. I went out of my way (at least I was paid) to comb through my contacts and get them excited about this platform. I've been here a few weeks, and thought the CEO is a bit "agro," (I figure that is just the way one gets things done. I've been a bit aggressive while driving a product, from the ground up) generally everyone at the company seems very nice and talented. I'm very proud of my team and I realize even more that diversity and inclusion is a prominent field where I can shine. Slowly, starting last week, I begin to dig through old posts. The website used to be a social group kind of thing, that wa...