On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 18:57:27 -0400, waggy wrote:

> clipka wrote:
>> Am 05.08.2012 00:07, schrieb Jim Henderson:
>> > On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 22:53:36 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>> >
>> >>>>> Congratulations, you just discovered another soft skill of yours:
>> >>>>> Honesty and trustworthiness.
>> ...
>> >>>> +1 - and there are employers who consider that highly valuable.
>> >>
>> >> There are employers who DON'T highly v-
>> >
>> > Sure.  Do you really want to work for someone who doesn't value those
>> > traits?
>>
>> Word!
> 
> Doesn't that depend on how much they're paying and how desperate you
> are?

Personally, I don't think so.  But I've never been so desperate as to 
have to compromise my principles for pay.

> Consider the financial services industry.  They appear to value, very,
> very highly, those who can think up new and creative ways to defraud
> people.

I don't think I could work in that industry at all because of that - I 
wouldn't even consider looking at it as a career option because it's an 
industry that's all about greed, and I don't see greed as a virtue.

Jim

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