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I guess I can't blame him for trying (okay, I can and do), but it is a very brazen example of self-dealing. I'd really like to collect my normal compensation at the same time that I use company resources to outsource my work to... myself... and pocket that as well.

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If I wrote a program that solves a problem for my employer, then turned around and tried to sell it to them or get royalties from them, it would be a huge conflict of interest, I’d likely get fired, and they’d take it from me anyway due to standard tech company IP reassignment clauses. But if I’m the CEO i guess it’s totally fine.

Surprise!

It turns out that although we employees are fêted as "Masters of the Tech Universe," Adam is a member of the Owner Class, and we are members of the Worker Class, and the two classes play by different rules.

The first of such rules is that Owners make the rules, and consequently those rules benefit Owners over Workers.

I'm ok with that, obviously, but being ok with something is not the same thing as being blind to it.

>I'm ok with that, obviously

why?

Why am I ok with that? Or why is it obvious?

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