"Pay your dues" is usually code for "kiss our asses" but sometimes it means "learn to do X the boring way before trying an interesting way"
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For most people, right sequence is: learn to run a business --> learn to run an innovative business. Unless you have a microchip level idea
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What is reliable rule-of-thumb to distinguish between the two?
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you actually find 'paying dues' to be a rewarding activity you sense would have been necessary anyway
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perhaps in music, for the rest: “Accept low pay, boring work, and a slim shot at success so we can exploit you.”
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or learn what you need to learn the next level - establish a foundation
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I thought it meant, "Enjoy the shit assignments, noob."





