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Re:Where the fuck is my Ari Gold? by lifeisstillgood on Sunday August 26, 2012 @01:35AM (#4434451)
Ok, on your next contract I will negotiate your salary and conditions and aim to get you 10% on your last contract.

Of course I will need a plausible "walk away" option - are you willing to give that?

Edit: it's a bit early in the morning so that was supposed to be an expanation why you might not choose to give ana age t the negotiation power they need.

Not a sales pitch

Re:Where the fuck is my Ari Gold? by jaggederest on Sunday August 26, 2012 @04:03AM (#4434620)
Honestly, anyone who is competent at their job should say yes to that bargain.

It takes a long time to find work, and having someone else do it for you, as well as negotiate a higher salary, would be completely worth losing out on even 30-40% of the work you might otherwise have gotten.

Re:Where the fuck is my Ari Gold? by arjunnarayan on Sunday August 26, 2012 @11:37AM (#4435299)
Sure. I'm currently a PhD student and I love it. So any offer is by definition over and above what I _really_ want to do with my life, which is research. However, I can still be bought for ridiculous amounts of money. If you can negotiate that, then you deserve your 10%. If you drive away employers with your negotiations, I'm still happy.

I'm not claiming to be a superstar, but superstars are usually in the same position: They are already in a job they love and are successful at. So negotiating a better gig for them always includes the option of credibly walking away.

Of course, the question then comes back: why are you a decent agent, and why should I let you represent me?

Re:Where the fuck is my Ari Gold? by lifeisstillgood on Monday August 27, 2012 @08:36AM (#4438480)
I think the first agents did not do it that way round :-)

Can you tell me more about differential privacy - if the London Underground releases data about journeys from my start point to my end point, surely at some point enough data is released to determine which anonymous ID is me.

I just would like to know are there determined upper and lower bounds on how much can be released before it is explotable?