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Re:The reverse job applicant by anamax on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @04:17PM (#1808572)
> For my entire life, I was told that if I work hard in school, bust my ass to go to a good university and graduate with quantitative degree, I should have no trouble finding work.

At best, that means that you have a beef with folks who told you that. However, you might want to think about why you believed them. Also, consider that they were trying to get you to buy into something for their benefit.

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Re:The reverse job applicant by pjscott on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @11:09PM (#1809792)
Do you really think that those people were giving that advice for selfish reasons? I'm guessing that they had good intentions, and honestly believed what they were saying.
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Re:The reverse job applicant by anamax on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @02:19AM (#1810240)
> I'm guessing that they had good intentions

Everyone has good intentions.

> honestly believed what they were saying.

So what?

> Do you really think that those people were giving that advice for selfish reasons?

In many cases, yes. Sure, they also honestly thought that things would work for you, but that's the nature of "win-win".

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