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Run your own shop then. I mean, if you don't like how the pie gets split up, bake your own. There has never been a better time in the history of mankind than our industry, right now, to put your money where your mouth is. You don't need an Ivy League degree, a rich daddy, or a million in equipment, just a laptop and a dream. That's.... Almost inconceivably powerful, given how other businesses operate. And I don't think it will last forever, either.

I did, and I'm not sorry I did, but I can say with confidence that this shit is not for everybody. AND I paid a heavy financial toll for 'equity', which is nonsense, but I got agency, which is priceless.




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