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Re:After landing a lucrative job at a tech startup, I had ma... by thaumasiotes on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @04:40AM (#18654163)
The market rate is the cost to replace you. An employer paying more is making a mistake. An employee taking less is making a mistake. It's the only steady state.
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Re:After landing a lucrative job at a tech startup, I had ma... by fsloth on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @05:01AM (#18654249)
Sure, avoiding the word 'replacement' is mostly about semantics as it guides the mind to think in closed and not in open mode.
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