I find this a little pedantic. If someone talks about maximizing their salary, it doesn't mean literally maximizing it at all cost. If someone tells you that th

I find this a little pedantic. If someone talks about maximizing their salary, it doesn't mean literally maximizing it at all cost. If someone tells you that they're interested in maximizing their income, it means that they'd like to take steps to increase their income, not that they've lost all of their morals or any other goal in life to do so.