Which is easier, becoming an entrepreneur or an employee?

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Top stories for Long   Which is easier, becoming an entrepreneur or an employee? Asim Qureshi, CEO of Jibble • Updated June 6, 2017 When I became a Vice President at Morgan Stanley someone came up to congratulate me and tell me I’d survived and thrived in the world’s most ruthless environment, and I cou... Read more » 5.3K 73   Do inmates actually use the toilet in their cell in front of their cellmates? MetroDispatch • Answered July 15 A prison toilet is bolted mere inches from where a complete stranger sleeps. To survive using it in full view of another person, inmates enforce a rigid, unspoken code of e... Read more » 1.3K 199   Which Ivy League university is the easiest to get into? Mason Barge, B.A. English, Yale University • Answered May 9 This is so easy to answer. Cornell. The rank of difficulty from the top: Harvard Yale and Princeton... Read more » 91 42   What do employers absolutely not want to see on a résumé? Aman Goel, B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay ... • Updated March 18, 2021 Being on both sides of the coin, here are a few things that I observe when someone applies at my (tech) startup for a Software Engineering role: Objective: no, we are not in... Read more » 9.7K 250   Can drinking green tea really help dissolve dangerous plaques in your blood vessels, and how much should you drink? Paul Ross, Medical Mentor • Answered July 22 Just about a year back, while preparing for bed, I read a research article on green tea that totally contradicted my perception about what I've been hearing all my life gre... Read more » 200 27   Who is the biggest mathematical fraud in history? Peter Wade, calculus instructor (high school and college) (1989-present) • Updated July 28 This one is easy. For nearly 250 years, from 1694 to 1931, a very wealthy man was considered one of the world’s greatest mathematical minds, right up there with the likes of... Read more » 2.4K 188   If white rice is not good for you, why are the Japanese so healthy, since they eat so much of it? Duytan Vu, Electronics Maintenance & Diagnostics Specialist at U.S. Army (2023-present) • Updated March 23, 2025 I recall reading a story of a German doctor visiting Japan, who was surprised by the reliance on white rice and minimal meat consumption, especially after hearing of the re... Read more » 5.9K 583   Why is it recommended to stay on the third floor or higher in hotels, and are there any exceptions to this rule? OpenBlueprint • Answered April 27 Security experts have a strict rule for booking hotels: never stay below the third floor, and never stay above the sixth. This vertical sweet spot balances two very differe... Read more » 223 9   If Trump decides to run for a third term presidency, is there anyone who can stop him? Shadi Barham, Knows a thing or two about US Politics • Answered June 23 No. Trump is well within his rights to campaign for a third term. There’s no law that says he can’t do stuff like sell Trump 2028 merch, hold rallies, and such. However, Trum... Read more » 3.8K 1.6K   What are the few rules of chess which are not commonly known? Thomas Ulrich, FIDE master, USCF 2327. • Answered July 6, 2017 You advance a pawn to the last rank of the board and announce that you are promoting it to a queen. You look around the tournament hall. Seeing no queen of your color in th... Read more » 5.5K 164   Are you supposed to wipe until the toilet paper is clean? Akdnbsv Akbdmqh • Answered July 15 I used to keep wiping until the toilet paper was completely clean, but honestly it could take a lot of time and paper, especially when you’re trying to make sure everything... Read more » 1.5K 396   Why do people see underwear as more private than swimsuits when they often cover the same amount of skin? Smokernikki, studied Agriculture (1978) • Answered July 12 I can remember when I was at agricultural college in the 1970s one of the girls, Sue,was sunbathing in a bikini on the college lawn. I remember one of the (female) cleaners... Read more » 1.7K 391 Read more in your feed

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