{"id":999881296,"date":"2012-02-15T23:31:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/?p=426789669"},"modified":"2012-02-15T23:31:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T23:31:00","slug":"cartoon-optimism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/cartoon-optimism","title":{"rendered":"Hiring Humor: Optimism Gone Nuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Applicants with a glass-half-full attitude are great.<\/strong> Unless, of course, they&#8217;re half-full of futile hopes for a higher salary. Ever get the feeling that an applicant saw the salary in a job posting, thought to themselves, <em>&#8220;Well, I&#8217;m completely unqualified but what the heck? I&#8217;d love to make that much!&#8221;<\/em> &#8212; and applied anyway? Share your encounters with unrealistic salary expectations when optimism got a little out of hand. Post your comment below. Can your salaries for IT candidates compete? 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