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me_me_me on Aug 24, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Common mistakes in salary negotiation

that would be akin to looking up market price of a gift in front of person giving you something of value :D

CRConrad on Aug 25, 2023 [–]

Yeah, only the saying is slightly older than online product price lookups. It's the other way around, looking up prices now is akin to what looking a gift horse in rhe mouth has always been.

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