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		mathiaspoint 45 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Americans Lose Faith That Hard Work Leads to Econo... First of all I don't think you should be surprised that pay is the most interesting thing to potential employees? That is the entire reason they're tolerating you. If I just want to work on interesting things you would only get in the way. Secondly, yeah, I'm not like that. I've got three or so side projects (I guess they're just projects now) I'm actively working on and have been building things with my teens. It doesn't matter anymore socially, like everything else in the US your counterpart just never shows up.

WalterBright 45 days ago [–]

> First of all I don't think you should be surprised that pay is the most interesting thing to potential employees?

That wasn't my point. My point was the candidate should show interest in the company.

After all, if you're buying a car, does the car salesman sell you on the commission he's going to make?

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