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<p>[QUOTE="Ignoramus Maximus, post: 8280822, member: 104741"]That's a very nice diobol [USER=118780]@kirispupis[/USER]! </p><p><br /></p><p>I like your proposition. But in hiring the right candidate one obvious problem comes to mind: whoever is fit for the job is just about the last person you'd want to employ. If he's half as good as you hoped for, he'd have usurped you long before their trial period was over. If not, then they weren't the right man for the job anyway. Not much room for trial and error here. So,my advice: be very careful who you interview!</p><p><br /></p><p>My candidate is Seleukos I. I think he did a lot more than just 'survive' the diadochi.He started out with nothing in 323 and ended up with two-thirds of Alexander's empire in 281. Not a bad job for an intern!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And probably a better administrator as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462472[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ignoramus Maximus, post: 8280822, member: 104741"]That's a very nice diobol [USER=118780]@kirispupis[/USER]! I like your proposition. But in hiring the right candidate one obvious problem comes to mind: whoever is fit for the job is just about the last person you'd want to employ. If he's half as good as you hoped for, he'd have usurped you long before their trial period was over. If not, then they weren't the right man for the job anyway. Not much room for trial and error here. So,my advice: be very careful who you interview! My candidate is Seleukos I. I think he did a lot more than just 'survive' the diadochi.He started out with nothing in 323 and ended up with two-thirds of Alexander's empire in 281. Not a bad job for an intern!:) And probably a better administrator as well. [ATTACH=full]1462472[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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