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Originally Posted by Glice

This is a bit of a conceited point of view, isn't it? No-one likes the prick who gives advice badly. I'm sure you're not fully endorsing this, as you seem a reasonable chap, but I've seen lots of people with this I-know-better attitude, and they're rarely as smart as they think they are. I can run rings around my boss when it comes to epic poetry, but he can organise a bunchy of unruly turds better than I can.

conceited yes, i was summarizing fast. the thing is i always ended up joining and/or organizing the picket lines. the bosses don't know jack shit (they don't). i'm for the proles owning the means of production. no, not really-- it just happens that after a while doing a job i can figure out a way of doing it better and i detest the constrains imposed by social convention.

i used to be the "good employee" who would send letters to the management making suggestions about improving efficiencies, expanding markets, etc, and some got adopted, some got ignored. but it's really a retarded place to be. i prefer that my ideas profit me.

the times i had a smarter boss, e.g, a dissertation advisor-- yeah, i respected the bastard, but i tired of jumping hoops to meet his requirements. other people would cry, i just up & quit.

point is, the original post asks for opportunities for the UNRULY, the INDOCILE, who will NOT submit. he didn't ask "teach me social graces" or "how can i fit in with my coworkers?" hence, i offered.

all manner of arguments can be made for the social boons of docility, and bless the meek, god knows we need them, but if you just CANNOT say "yes boss" and smile, then you better find some other way to make a living, which always beats starvation. i do have experience with that.

i personally have a problem with people telling me what to do, so i CAN"T work for another person unless they hire me as an expert & then butt the fuck out. and that's what i do and it's a nice living. i hope the original poster can find a way to do the same.