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inklesspen on April 25, 2007 | parent | context | favorite | on: Recruiting the Top 1 Percent - Joel Spolsky

Sure, it's cheating, if you think that life is basically fair. But it's not. Making a good first impression is the smart thing to do, even if you stretch a bit beyond "everyday life." Just so long as you don't actually lie.

Tichy on April 26, 2007 [–]

Maybe it just boils down to the benefits of advertising: we see the advertiser can afford the advertising, so he can't be a total loser.

inklesspen on April 27, 2007 | [–]

That's a good way of putting it!

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