I have been a long time reader and follower and practicer of Ayn Rand's philosophy for quite some time. I ebb and flow with it, at times more serious and involved than at others. Today I search it out because one of her points was demonstrated to me in reality in a way that frankly scares the crap out of me. I was told that the promotion I had applied for was given to someone else because I mentioned in my interview that one of the reasons I was applying was because of the pay raise that that was involved. More than that, I was "strongly encouraged" never to mention the word "money" during a job interview!!!