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Might be because the benefit of lying is immediate, but the drawback much more distant (getting fired in the future). People aren't always very good long-term thinkers.

You might be right that pathetically lying on resumes in the end provides a career with a higher average income or whatever. Given that many of us here are probably honest and/or having to hire off resumes, I'd guess we're all collectively hoping that's not true.



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