More Free Work Than I Can Handle

Oh dear! I have just come to learn a new code-phrase in job descriptions.

When the title of the job description reads “Self-motivated mobile app developer” it actually translates to “We don’t have any money to develop this mobile app. We were hoping you’d do it for free. And we might be able to pay you when we start marking a profit.”

I never realised that “self-motivated” was a euphemism for “will work for free and is willing to be taken advantage of.”