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WEDNESDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2022
You "don't do small talk".
You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails or replying. You do "vibes", and nobody can invoice those.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- A budget is a list of things you're about to do anyway. Written down…
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
- You "work best under pressure". You don't. You just only work under pressure.
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- You put "open to work" on LinkedIn. Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were…
- You said you're "booked and busy". Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching…
- Remember when you stayed up late on purpose? Now you're up at 3am because…
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