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Re:We only hire the trendiest by brown on Monday March 21, 2016 @12:58PM (#11329495)
Not the OP, but I would have used the word "caginess" or "excess self preservation".

You don't want to hire a shark who's going to work against you.

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Re:We only hire the trendiest by grandalf on Monday March 21, 2016 @01:24PM (#11329835)
Exactly. I realize now that the term "poker face" came across as too literal, and what I was really trying to describe was exactly the sense of caginess or unwillingness to put one's self out there.
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