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The Fate Of Elon Musk’s Assistant Is A Cautionary Tale For Negotiating Salary

Negotiating is risky — but so is not negotiating

Nick Wolny
4 min readMar 1, 2021

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An anecdote from the former richest man’s 2015 biography illustrates the complexities of negotiation. (IIlustration by Kevin Sterjo)

When’s the best time to negotiate a raise? It depends on who your boss is.

I had never written or reported anything about Elon Musk. Between Tesla’s bitcoin bet, feeding the…

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