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+1 chasetruant as well. There are HUGE downsides to playing this game wrong and they are written into source code algorithms the players can't see. I'd read a followup essay titled "The Great Game: Rules and Gatekeepers" in a heartbeat. The Gatekeepers for the game aren't even PEOPLE much of the time: they are software models, and crude ones. Simple example with a big downside: recently many LinkedIn recruiters kept contacting me about jobs below my current level. I then read an article that said "LinkedIn's Search Engine actually only cares about your tagline, not your actual work…

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