> Are you looking more for *wealth* or
> *independence* ?

Silly question... MONEY!!!, of course. :o)

However, I'll happily work for someone, as an employee, under certain conditions. And there are also areas of business I would not go in to because being self employed would going against those conditions.

For me, the big thing is

RESPONSIBILITY!

I'll be your employee and you can be my boss as long as you don't dictate to me about how to do my job... specially if you've never done it.

Show me what has to be done, tell me what has to be done, then leave me alone to do it.

I'm like the little kid putting shoes on and geting dressed... I CAN DO IT.

I'll be the "tea/coffee boy" as long as you only tell me how you like yours and not how to make it... because, if I'm unsure I'll ask.

Ask an person in any kind of service industry about the whiners.

They don't like them.

Why?

Cause they tell you, in a sense, how to perform your service. Nothing is ever good enough for them. Their apt to complain about it not matter how good a service your provide and how good a job you do.

Yet who is the professional making their living by providing the service? You are, not them. Yet they'll in effect be telling you how to perform.

I read somewhere that Japanese directors are such only after having done every job within the company.

I can respect that. If one came up to you and mentioned something about your performance or whatnot, they at least know what they're talking about from experience.

Show me the responsibility.

For this reason I could never work for the goverment in a role that interacts with the public.

Ever tried to speak with them? Sheesh. No one is responsible for anything. No one can make a decision. Argh.

And I lump responsibility, independence and wealth all together as reasons for doing it on my own... or for someone else as the case may be.

Michael Ross.