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> How do you know that people are lazy by nature and not because their job sucks?

The two aren't mutually exclusive. I personally wouldn't say humans are lazy, but simply: people avoid doing things they find unenjoyable, but if they must do something unenjoyable they'll find ways to minimize their time spent doing it.

> Of course they have zero incentive to get anything done, they get paid regardless of how well the project gets done.

This makes it sound like freelancers get more work done, not because it's more enjoyable, but because they must to get paid.

> Maybe if they had the guts to leave a paycheck for browsing Reddit and started their own business they would have success too.

For some people, getting paid to browse reddit is one definition of success.

> When I work on my projects I have way more stamina than when I'm doing client work. I kind of have to resist the urge to kill myself all the time instead of doing that boring job and I keep reminding me I'll be able to build a villa with the money.

Huh... After reading this I need to rethink what you are even arguing. I assumed it was that freelancers put in more hours because the nature of their work is more fulfilling. But you're really just saying, yeah humans are lazy to the point of wanting death over client work, but at least with freelance I can frontload the actual number of miserable hours worked, instead of spreading them over 30 years.




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