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Jobs are like women, if you try too hard - they will loose interest and quickly especially if they already have what they wanted. Playing hard to get just work
by lockem 16y ago
Jobs are like women, if you try too hard - they will loose interest and quickly especially if they already have what they wanted.
Playing hard to get just works - like it or not.
It also seems to me you may have a talent at recognizing talent - you managed to push your friend into that company and you've done that unknowingly - think what you can do if you actually put your mind into find great people and finding a job for them - or even better if they'll work for you even as a freelancer - and you resell their services to various companies as an consultant or contractor.
- coryl 16y agoHaha, I actually thought about that - I'll send the company an invoice for my recruitment fee as a headhunter. Hell, if I'm going to be finding people jobs, may as well take a cut right :D
- puredemo 16y agoSo you are going to try to burn bridges with a non-negotiated (a more accurate term would be fraudulent) invoice? How impressive. Almost as impressive as your reactions in both a. handling the original situation by waiting ten weeks and b. responding to negative feedback here by telling people essentially "flag or GTFO." You're quite an endearing person and I just can't see why they passed on the chance to have you around.
- coryl 16y agoWell I was actually being sarcastic about sending them the invoice, it was a joke. As for my response to negative feedback, I simply stated that if my story isn't interesting, he was free to ignore it or flag it. HN has tons of stories submitted every minute. I don't see a reason to comment in some, asking about each's relevancy to HN. Thanks :D
- puredemo 16y agoFair enough. It just sort of seemed like a very entitled approach all around.