Title: Looking at the last five years of my career, I have come to realize I might hate working for someone else.<p>I resent spending 48 weeks a year in an office and stressing over issues that will only make the company&#x27;s owners richer but won&#x27;t change much for me. I say don&#x27;t change much because a 2-3% raise once in a while is nice, but it&#x27;s nothing in comparison to the thousands&#x2F;millions extra it will make the company, while the only result for me is that I get to keep my job and do more of that.<p>I also have a very hard time feeling any personal pride or accomplishment for helping the company&#x27;s bottom line. It&#x27;s not my company, and I really don&#x27;t feel anything whether they sell more or made a couple millions extra this year because employees worked (unpaid) overtime. My boss getting a new Tesla or yet another house from the extra profits doesn&#x27;t make me happy.<p>This thinking is hurting me though because it makes every job I ever had barely tolerable, slowly creeping towards miserable after enough time. I am aware of it but I can&#x27;t overcome it.
I&#x27;ve tried working at startups, and 150-300 people mid-sized companies.<p>On the other hand, I don&#x27;t think I&#x27;m the entrepreneur type either. I don&#x27;t have any idea that I&#x27;d like to pursue and start building a company around, going through that grind is not something that appeals to me.<p>Has anyone ever felt this way? What did you do about it and how do you cope with it?
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