Maybe I'm an old grump but any time I'm offered a deal that seems to good to be true (the "I can't believe they are paying me to do this" mantra) I know there is a catch.
However, sometimes a deal is worth doing anyway, for your own reasons (e.g. getting experience in a technology or in a market). But at least do it with your eyes open understanding exactly what position you are in.
It reminds me of a quote in The Big Short:
When a Wall Street firm helped him to get into a trade that seemed perfect in every way, he asked the salesman, "I appreciate this, but I just want to know one thing: How are you going to fuck me?" Heh-heh-heh, c'mon, we'd never do that, the trader started to say, but Danny, though perfectly polite, was insistent. We both know that unadulterated good things like this trade don't just happen between little hedge funds and big Wall Street firms. I'll do it, but only after you explain to me how you are going to fuck me. And the salesman explained how he was going to fuck him. And Danny did the trade.
Treat employment like any other deal - try and understand both sides.
However, sometimes a deal is worth doing anyway, for your own reasons (e.g. getting experience in a technology or in a market). But at least do it with your eyes open understanding exactly what position you are in.
It reminds me of a quote in The Big Short:
When a Wall Street firm helped him to get into a trade that seemed perfect in every way, he asked the salesman, "I appreciate this, but I just want to know one thing: How are you going to fuck me?" Heh-heh-heh, c'mon, we'd never do that, the trader started to say, but Danny, though perfectly polite, was insistent. We both know that unadulterated good things like this trade don't just happen between little hedge funds and big Wall Street firms. I'll do it, but only after you explain to me how you are going to fuck me. And the salesman explained how he was going to fuck him. And Danny did the trade.
Treat employment like any other deal - try and understand both sides.