Many people like to think that in order to make money, you need to have some sort of job, where you work for a boss and then get paid. While this is true to some extent, this is very small and limited view of how money works. First, it is beneficial to understand how exactly the current economic system came about.

In the general case, people are exchanging services and/or resources, and money is just one particular type of resource. Therefore, when you agree to work for a boss for money, you are actually exchanging your service of doing what your boss wants, for the resourcemoney which your boss has. Holding this view is very useful in that while it is true that your boss is hiring you, you are also hiring your boss! That perspective will help you a lot whenasking for a raise, or looking for a job in general, but that is a subject for another article.

So what exactly is a service? Well, in essence, it is your time + your knowledge of doing a particular