Private sector vs public sector. And before you discredit that, it's a huge difference. Because the latter puts you over the electorate in some fashion. No one has to be under trumps power that doesn't wanna be, meaning employed in the trump organization. Hillary was my state dept secretary whether I liked it or not. And she put many people and her country in danger because of those things.
I don't think the "sector" you work in relieves you of the requirement to not be a liar...
Or not express disdain for other people (even those you will eventually rely upon to achieve your naked ambition)...
Or break laws and default on debts to achieve the power that you want...
Or shield you from the total ineptitude of your performance.
So...they're the same.
(I glossed over your "no on has to work for him" qualifier because we will get into a tangential set of arguments about unions and immigration).