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On 'stability'

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Dave Gray: 'Having a job feels like a stable thing, when in actuality it's one of the least stable things.'

I'm trying to stay off social networks, but occasionally people DM me on LinkedIn, I get an email, log in, and inevitably have a quick scroll of my home feed.

So I saw this by Dave Gray, who is absolutely correct when it comes to "having a job" vs. "running your own business or being a freelancer/contractor/entrepreneur". You can see the risk in the latter situation, whereas it's entirely hidden from you in the former.

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