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0 pointsjstx13y ago0 comments

> If your potential future employer is a friend of your boss he'll find out pretty quickly you are "a nice guy but an under-performer".

This is so unlikely that it's not worth changing so much of your behaviour for it.

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mollerhoj3y ago· 1 in thread

Depends in where you live ;-) The chance of running into people again here in the Copenhagen tech scene is > 50%

tb_technical3y ago

If you gossip about other people's productivity, you deserve to be despised as a boss.

helmsb3y ago

You’d be surprised. I live in a city where in the tech sector, everyone knows everyone. I always joke that I can make 4 phone calls and find out about any engineer in the area because they’ve certainly crossed paths with mutual acquaintances.

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