Negotiating big numbers

Ashwin Goyal

Apr 20, 2024

“We can offer $5 million," they said.

"I need $10 million," he pleaded, tears welling up. "Every dollar is the difference between my children eating or starving."

"$6 million is really all we can do," they responded.

"$9 million, I'm begging you," he cried. "You're sentencing us to poverty!"

Boss waking up

"Hey, everyone! The boss is awake!" someone shouted across the office. "Not again," a voice muttered. "I thought we had another decade before this happened." "Apparently not," came a reply. "Better get our reports ready."

Prompt engineering

"Help. Email. Now," the human growled. "Email, a marvel of human ingenuity, allows communication across-" "JUST WRITE THE DAMN EMAIL!"