The author's attitude towards salaried work, let alone entrepreneurship, is awful. If that really is his attitude and I was his manager, he would be fired with in six months.
Did you hear about the quiet mutiny being arranged to have you pushed out when John is distracted by his vacation?
Didn't think so.
Edit: Wait I think I get what you're saying. I had just assumed the GP had no boss so it didn't make any sense.