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The myth of big salaries (it's all marketing)

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Re: The myth of big salaries (it's all marketing)

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Name the other axes, Seth. What are they? What else is there but money? With sufficient money you can fill your positions instantly with top talent.

Anyone pretending there are other answers is probably guilty of lowballing, wanting to lowball or the English translation of my name: a grape fox.

Re: The myth of big salaries (it's all marketing)

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Name the other axes, Seth. What are they? What else is there but money? With sufficient money you can fill your positions instantly with top talent. Anyone pretending there are other answers is probably guilty of lowballing, wanting to lowball or the English translation of my name: a grape fox.

Another axis is purple

Re: The myth of big salaries (it's all marketing)

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Name the other axes, Seth. What are they? What else is there but money? With sufficient money you can fill your positions instantly with top talent. Anyone pretending there are other answers is probably guilty of lowballing, wanting to lowball or the English translation of my name: a grape fox.

Career prospects are another axis I would say.

Re: The myth of big salaries (it's all marketing)

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> After a million dollars or so in salary, the absolute amount that a person is paid has no real impact on their life. They can't eat more meals in a day or wear more shoes

There is more to life than food and shoes? This is one of the dumbest things I’ve read.

Re: The myth of big salaries (it's all marketing)

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Bigger salaries attracts more people, so you can have your pick of your favorite candidate.

A bad scenario is the public school teacher path: they need better marketing and should be paid on par with the congressman, senators, and other highly paid politicians in government.

Re: The myth of big salaries (it's all marketing)

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Name the other axes, Seth. What are they? What else is there but money? With sufficient money you can fill your positions instantly with top talent. Anyone pretending there are other answers is probably guilty of lowballing, wanting to lowball or the English translation of my name: a grape fox.

Great team members. That one is very important too.

Re: The myth of big salaries (it's all marketing)

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Name the other axes, Seth. What are they? What else is there but money? With sufficient money you can fill your positions instantly with top talent. Anyone pretending there are other answers is probably guilty of lowballing, wanting to lowball or the English translation of my name: a grape fox.

Work-life balance. Job perks. Working on projects that you consider valuable.

Non-profits are particularly good at that last point.

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