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Re:I applied for a SW role at FedEx and had to take this biz... by Beijinger on Monday February 12, 2024 @04:20PM (#39350666)
This reminds me when I tried incredibly hard to get a tiny scholarship to study abroad in country X and got rejected. In fact, there were several rounds and I didn't even make the first one. My Prof. told me to go to country Y and I hesitated because of the immense administrative burden to apply again and since I was de facto not qualified for a postgraduate scholarship. But application was easy, I got it, and they stuffed me with money.

I always remember the words of my Professor: "Don't you know that everything where you have to invest a lot (I assume effort, time, money, energy) nothing ever comes out?

So if your IT job requires a letter of recommendation from the pope and even if you are able to get the letter, you are unlikely to get the job. :-)

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Re:I applied for a SW role at FedEx and had to take this biz... by jstarfish on Monday February 12, 2024 @04:43PM (#39350929)
Corollary experience: the more effort/time/money/energy you expend in a successful transaction, the more likely it is they'll impose a shitty condition at the end of it, expecting you to be too invested to challenge it.
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Re:I applied for a SW role at FedEx and had to take this biz... by shermantanktop on Monday February 12, 2024 @05:30PM (#39351412)
Weaponizing the sunk cost fallacy, once again. Just like a time-share condo pitch.
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Re:I applied for a SW role at FedEx and had to take this biz... by namaria on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @08:36AM (#39357450)
This reminds me of an investment maxim that has helped me a lot over the years:

You don't make a profit on the sell price. You make a profit on the buy price.

That's something I lot of people seem to not understand about investment, it's not about how high something can go. That's random chance. It's about how deep a discount you can find on something valuable. If you can't estimate what something might be worth, you're not investing, you're making a bet on things you don't understand.

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