> Your value is simply whatever value you are able to negotiate for yourself on the job market. Since what you can negotiate is in part related to what value y

> Your value is simply whatever value you are able to negotiate for yourself on the job market. Since what you can negotiate is in part related to what value you can actually provide, then what you can negotiate is ultimately guided by reality, if not determined by it. Of course negotiation matters. In business as well as in love. And it matters in part because we cannot read minds and cannot see everything that you can do. So communication must fill that gap. Imperfectly.