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these are just things people say to get people to take accept lower salaries. a narrative that serves to suppress wages. quite frankly i’d like our industry to

• jedberg 8y ago
  Not at all (at least not in my case). I already know how much I can afford to pay for someone doing that work I'm hoping to hire you to do. I want to make sure you're interested in that work before I tell you that number, only because I don't want that number to be what pushes you over. Sure, maybe you'll lie and say yes to get the number from me. That's a risk I have to take. But if you say no, at least we didn't bother having you come on board just to be unhappy.
  • shady-lady 8y ago
    > I want to make sure you're interested in that work Is the work something so unique that it's not roughly the same as work in multiple other companies? Is the work going to be such that it's going to continue to be interesting even after the newness/novelty of such work has worn off?
    • logfromblammo 8y ago
      If I get paid enough, I can always take acting/improv lessons and just feign the enthusiasm, treating it like a side-hustle on top of the regular work.