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>Your colleague, if they did in fact do it, probably looked foolish. The timeless conundrum of “more money and more favorable terms” and “looking smart to the
by jrflowers 2y ago
>Your colleague, if they did in fact do it, probably looked foolish.
The timeless conundrum of “more money and more favorable terms” and “looking smart to the people that are firing you”, who is to say what is more important
- andsoitis 2y agoIt is not about looking smart. It is about not looking foolish. Hi tech is a small enough market that having a reputation for unstrategic thinking is likely a net negative.
- jrflowers 2y ago> a reputation for unstrategic thinking is likely a net negative This is very wise. The issue here is not “looking smart”, but rather it is about “not looking not smart”, which is a completely different thing. It would be a shame to get a reputation for being “unstrategic” for… not immediately signing anything anyone puts in front of you