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		borplk on Jan 21, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, y... constantly complaining about the job market being tough is a strategy for companies. they could have a 1,000 perfect candidates lining out the door willing to work for peanuts. At that point they would adjust their expectation from "peanut" to "half a peanut" and they would still moan about "skill shortage".

mastef on Jan 22, 2019 [–]

Similar to adding the words "bad economy" in discussions regarding performance evaluations and raises. Cop outs based on mostly arbitrary "market mechanics".

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