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jvanderbotyesterday at 10:49 PM2 repliesview on HN

I disagree that you'll find "many red flags for any job"

I've interviewed at dozens of companies, received and accepted or rejected at least 20 job offers in my life, and rarely encountered true red flags. This is very different than saying it's a perfect 10/10, all life is about tradeoffs. What GP is saying is that "there are things that are not worth any tradeoff, and you'll know them by ... ", which is good advice, esp for young people, who might be willing to make uncomfortable personal sacrifices to obtain a job.

We may be there someday, but we're not there yet.


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MaulingMonkeyyesterday at 11:12 PM

> I disagree that you'll find "many red flags for any job"

If they're hiding the many red flags, that's the biggest red flag of all!

genewitchyesterday at 11:07 PM

i agree with you, i've interviewed at a lot of companies, too, and seen only 1 red flag in retrospect. the flag was "we need to hire for budgetary reasons"