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Re: Stay-at-home dad

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Is that official or does it also include gray market numbers? Also, remember women retire at 55 in China, compared to men at 60. I told my wife what you said, she had a good laugh about it.

Oh, I'm glad your anecdote had a good laugh at my data. We should also query your anecdote what she thinks about medicine and call her answer science. That would totally be an effective way to arrive at true results.

I'm sure you are a wonderfully published scientist then. Best to you.

Re: Stay-at-home dad

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Assuming that having a clue about legal responsibilities of hiring supervisors is the most important skill of a boss :-) I think it is good if somebody is honest. And his reasoning actually seems sound.

What exactly about it seems reasonable? He's making assumptions about my dedication based on the fact that I have a family. From that alone he really has no idea how many hours I would be willing to put in, how dedicated I'd be to the business, or how hard I'd hustle for him. The only thing that seemed reasonable to me was wanting to work with someone that could physically be there with him at the program. If that we…

I was thinking mostly about the remote vs local aspect. You are right that speculating on your motivation seems misguided. Although perhaps it's also not totally far fetched to assume that somebody with a family would want to spend some time with said family.
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