> Unfortunately many people listen to terrible advice and get exploited by companies before learning the lesson the hard way. It's my opinion, not particularly

> Unfortunately many people listen to terrible advice and get exploited by companies before learning the lesson the hard way. It's my opinion, not particularly advising anyone. > I'd be more inclined to believe your advice if your other comments on this topic was... realistic or actionable I guess? Not really asking you to listen to my "advice", just sharing my perspective. > realistic or actionable I guess? Not being cynic is pretty realistic and actionable. > Caution = cynicism, and companies are either "good" (reward hard work) or "shitty" (??? not good?). That's your understanding. I am a cautious person myself, a bit cynic at times, but they're different things and I'm not the one mixing them up. You are also oversimplifying "good" and "bad" companies. I never said it was sufficient for a company to reward good work to be a good company, but good companies do reward good work (either with promotion or just better comp and benefits). A company that doesn't reward good work is shitty yes, I did not think that was controversial.