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		fghh45sdfhr3 on April 24, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The secret to a higher salary is to ask for nothin... This seems like a very long way to describe the very old advice of never being the first to say a number. There are better articles online, specific to salary negotiation and how to refuse to give a number without being a dick about it.

GFischer on April 24, 2013 [–]

I hadn't realized, but you're right, he got them to give the number first.

Also, as many pointed out, the authors' industry is VERY special.

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