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Why is it counter productive? Because it makes us losers feel like losers? Or because it == resting on laurels?
by crasshopper 16y ago
Why is it counter productive? Because it makes us losers feel like losers? Or because it == resting on laurels?
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoBecause the CEO of BigCo isn't likely to award you a big contract if he gave you two dollars for coffee not five minutes ago. Picking up (advertising) pennies is not without costs.
- endtime 16y agoCan you elaborate upon how that answers crasshopper's question? What you're saying seems like a non sequitur.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoYou're right, I misread. Sorry; a shame it's too late to edit/delete now...
- crasshopper 16y agoYour answer made sense. Tim Harford did a piece on why people who refuse to be team players (e.g. take on some extra work that's "beneath" them) end up making more money. I assume you mean a signalling scenario like that.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoYes, exactly.
- dools 16y agoHey, sorry I didn't get back to you on this. Really, a response to this question needs to be a blog post that I don't have time to write at the moment, but I've put it on "the list". Short answer: because I'm a socialist.