A new book meant to be a manual for freelancers questions the very logic of a 9-to-5 corporate life. Why take up a job where you get a raise only once a year? Does it mean that you have shown no progress in 12 months? No, it doesn't, is one of the points that Pyjama Profits (Bloomsbury India), the book in question, tries to make. 

In fact, its co-author, 25-year-old entrepreneur Varun Mayya, feels that the time is nigh when automation will pose a clear and present danger to salaried individuals.