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yxhuvud on Dec 11, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: $150K and up for Software Devs in Austin

"We've fallen into a trap of fighting over existing talent," Favaron said, "and that's a zero-sum game that hurts everyone."

Everyone? No, it does not hurt the employees.

xer0 on Dec 11, 2011 [–]

Yeah, but they aren't anyone, they're just talent.

adestefan on Dec 11, 2011 | [–]

May favorite was when a very large corporation started to call their HR department Human Capital Management. Human Resources is bad enough, but once you start calling me captial I'm never going to work for you again.

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