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Re:Ask HN: How to do the bare minimum when not valued at work? by jstx1 on Sunday September 25, 2022 @05:19AM (#32969981)
> If your potential future employer is a friend of your boss he'll find out pretty quickly you are "a nice guy but an under-performer".

This is so unlikely that it's not worth changing so much of your behaviour for it.

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Re:Ask HN: How to do the bare minimum when not valued at work? by mollerhoj on Sunday September 25, 2022 @06:06AM (#32970109)
Depends in where you live ;-) The chance of running into people again here in the Copenhagen tech scene is > 50%
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Re:Ask HN: How to do the bare minimum when not valued at work? by tb_technical on Sunday September 25, 2022 @09:24AM (#32971099)
If you gossip about other people's productivity, you deserve to be despised as a boss.
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Re:Ask HN: How to do the bare minimum when not valued at work? by helmsb on Sunday September 25, 2022 @06:46PM (#32977191)
You’d be surprised. I live in a city where in the tech sector, everyone knows everyone. I always joke that I can make 4 phone calls and find out about any engineer in the area because they’ve certainly crossed paths with mutual acquaintances.
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