tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post6826112951104621425..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: The Captain's Declaration of IndependenceCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-58585023506750162542012-10-26T11:44:32.871-07:002012-10-26T11:44:32.871-07:00Congratulations. That's the dream.Congratulations. That's the dream.Peacemakerhttp://honestintrospection.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-84217030233829182842012-09-14T20:14:10.334-07:002012-09-14T20:14:10.334-07:00Captain: I know how you feel. But I see it as, i...Captain: I know how you feel. But I see it as, if people are so intent on hanging themselves, might as well get into the rope business.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971986598583086801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-58579640740367329072012-09-14T15:54:16.699-07:002012-09-14T15:54:16.699-07:00Anon 242,
Then if you're ascended through the...Anon 242,<br /><br />Then if you're ascended through the ranks that well you're fully capable intellectually of understanding you are an exception and that most of the guys like you suffer and do not enjoy a good life like you do.<br /><br />But by all means, keep blowharding "but but but me me me my personal experience, this one guy I know, this one time, at band camp doesn't fit into your theory."<br /><br />We all don't care about your one time at band camp story.Captain Capitalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-2038773613544041402012-09-14T14:42:57.422-07:002012-09-14T14:42:57.422-07:00A lot of assumptions here. I work for a corporati...A lot of assumptions here. I work for a corporation, and don't live high on the hog, or am miserable. I've got a great wife, and great kids, and a nice big house - which I work from home in probably 9 out of 10 days.<br /><br />We live way below our means and always have. Sorry if I'm not bitter - kinda destroys your stereotypes.<br /><br />I'm not necessarily in love with "the man", but he has been good to us. Maybe it helps that we have advanced technical and scientific degrees also...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-14630626077625733522012-09-13T06:18:33.199-07:002012-09-13T06:18:33.199-07:00Congrats.
Have you considered expatriating to a c...Congrats.<br /><br />Have you considered expatriating to a cheaper country? A monthly income that allows you to survive in the US can allow you to live in comfort in a country like the Philippines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-10614770272045713552012-09-12T14:36:29.153-07:002012-09-12T14:36:29.153-07:00Well said! Excellent. Kudos! Been feeling that way...Well said! Excellent. Kudos! Been feeling that way myself, and since I'm beginning to sense a reelection (alas; though not that I think the other guy would have been able to do much to make things better)what you say here could not have been more timely.George O'Harnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-17283145703565223432012-09-12T07:19:58.759-07:002012-09-12T07:19:58.759-07:00We live in a system designed and managed by women ...We live in a system designed and managed by women for the benefit of women, especially those Heroic Single Mothers. What men need or want doesn't matter. Most male pleasures are illegal anyway, or will be soon.<br /><br />So the Captain says fine, let women work to support this system.<br /><br />I told my daughter to get rid of a Susan B. dollar because letting women vote was one of the stupidest things our country ever did. If she mentions this at school, I'm in trouble.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-50960193340624557702012-09-11T20:42:19.088-07:002012-09-11T20:42:19.088-07:00Good for you. Good for you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-78849709040789167472012-09-11T18:22:45.068-07:002012-09-11T18:22:45.068-07:00FSK, I love you but stop making your insane jealou...FSK, I love you but stop making your insane jealousy and man crush of the cap so obvious all the time please!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-46357131024575887452012-09-11T15:11:25.926-07:002012-09-11T15:11:25.926-07:00You need the McJob to keep your anger flowing, tho...You need the McJob to keep your anger flowing, though! Unemployment will make you soft and lame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-40111089266182501682012-09-11T14:42:39.828-07:002012-09-11T14:42:39.828-07:00You're living my dream! Well....everything bu...You're living my dream! Well....everything but the declineLeslie Eastmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14418647769437643142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-11645785377061136822012-09-11T11:04:41.703-07:002012-09-11T11:04:41.703-07:00Congratulations, Captain. :)
For those of us who ...Congratulations, Captain. :)<br /><br />For those of us who don't have this independence, I'd say that if you can work for a smaller company, some place where the guy interviews who hires you is the guy who owns the place, the only person you'll have to worry about is the boss. It's the next best thing.Ryan Fullernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-46378368324540542462012-09-11T09:17:34.477-07:002012-09-11T09:17:34.477-07:00Give 'em hell Cap. You're winning.Give 'em hell Cap. You're winning.Mayberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664966137470121099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-70366395839589335742012-09-11T08:48:52.776-07:002012-09-11T08:48:52.776-07:00Nice, we need more people with fully operational s...Nice, we need more people with fully operational synapses strutting about on the internet.<br /><br />Good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-35971661409606724572012-09-11T08:45:15.379-07:002012-09-11T08:45:15.379-07:00I have to admit, I must have found one of the rare...I have to admit, I must have found one of the rare corporate BS-free zones (as BS-free as is possible with real people).<br /><br />I like the people I work with. There is not political backstabbing (or if there is it's not at my level). Competence is the coin of the realm. <br /><br />I had two interviews, one phone (two people) and one a day of interviews with a bunch of people. No interviews were with HR people. I work with everyone who interviewed me. In fact, HR didn't even talk to me until it was time to give me a job offer and do the employment paperwork. Even arranging the two interviews and my programming test was done by the groups office manager and not HR.<br /><br />In fact, I suspect if I leave here for another job that's going to be the measure of if I could work in a given place: did I have to interact with HR to get the job instead of after getting the job to get setup in the company. That seems to be the measure of where things get fucked up.Pulp Herbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486803457210325703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-46117959088682646602012-09-11T08:38:01.629-07:002012-09-11T08:38:01.629-07:00I want to see a breakdown of your income. How muc...I want to see a breakdown of your income. How much is book sales? How much is ads? Do you have multiple blogs?<br /><br />I'd try the same thing, but it's hard. When I had ads on my old blog, the eCPM was $0.50, a pittance. I'm working on a book, but haven't put too much time into it.FSKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903396202330950362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-68842712895504401502012-09-11T07:07:32.271-07:002012-09-11T07:07:32.271-07:00Great!
The next best thing is find the highest p...Great! <br /><br />The next best thing is find the highest paying government job you can find that requires the least amount of work. Or any job that requires the least amount of work but still provides enough of what one would want.<br /><br /><br />sth_txsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-92216034201379925812012-09-11T06:08:33.791-07:002012-09-11T06:08:33.791-07:00The Captain lives well. I am almost 40 and have ne...The Captain lives well. I am almost 40 and have never married or had children and live in a very similar fashion. By far this was the best decision of my life. Other friends who have gone the traditional route are working their lives away and seem miserable. What will happen to their children? More wage slavery. Wash, rinse, repeat. Good luck with all that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-73180535900472019732012-09-11T05:39:08.168-07:002012-09-11T05:39:08.168-07:00How long til the shrill 'man up and take a cor...How long til the shrill 'man up and take a corporate job' bit starts? My guess is ten years corporations will be short, as everyone either by choice or necessity is used to living low income/low output.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-78093772737571553972012-09-11T05:20:21.278-07:002012-09-11T05:20:21.278-07:00You need to add another one to the list Captain.
...You need to add another one to the list Captain.<br /><br />Persistence.<br /><br />I might have gone that way but instead, I merely flipped the bird at such employers as you did, and went and found another one.<br /><br />Most were the a-holes you describe but if I found one that treated me well - I stayed. My resume is a shambles and heavily redacted but I am unapologetic - they will lie through their teeth at you to come on board and then treat you like crap...and most people will take it. I just walk away. No, I won't use them as a reference, no, they will not appear on my resume, and to hell with employers that pay honesty and loyalty lip service and that's it. Today I have a great job, and while we haven't been bit by the recessions you guys have - they are coming and I am saving like the devil in preperation! I live modestly and save what I can too.<br /><br />Be persistent boys. Always push for what you want. Always live within your means. Be resourceful and creative. It is going to get much worse before it gets better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-71006839232810005032012-09-10T22:32:22.696-07:002012-09-10T22:32:22.696-07:00Congrats! Enjoy your freedom.Congrats! Enjoy your freedom.Realiti Czechnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-68220725725837958972012-09-10T21:36:17.602-07:002012-09-10T21:36:17.602-07:00There are companies out there without the drama &a...There are companies out there without the drama & BS, usually smaller since they can't afford the drama to survive. Many small software & engineering companies are similar, look at 37signals or Fog Creek Software as a example. They like to up the hyperbole on their blogs for PR reasons, but they're great places to work for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-83430919391912272342012-09-10T20:35:34.410-07:002012-09-10T20:35:34.410-07:00I have a couple business ideas that involve taking...I have a couple business ideas that involve taking money from stupid people. Would only help. Only problem is it would take effort and I would be taxed. Plus I'd have to wake up before 1030AM.<br /><br />Eh, that ain't worth employing 1,000 people.Captain Capitalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-43888584627713685872012-09-10T20:24:43.285-07:002012-09-10T20:24:43.285-07:00Congratulations man.
Got a few more things lined ...Congratulations man.<br /><br />Got a few more things lined up before I set up somewhere cheap and sunny to run a business I'm building.<br /><br />This business will be situated around helping those morons buy things they don't need and can barely afford, because we all know they're not going to stop buying shit.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971986598583086801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-75916063264574474532012-09-10T20:09:22.542-07:002012-09-10T20:09:22.542-07:00Incredibly happy for you, Cap. You're setting...Incredibly happy for you, Cap. You're setting an example for us all. Starve that beast and enjoy the decline!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com