If you join the military, civil service, police force, become a professor at many schools, etc..., you will be going into a job where the salary is pegged to the job, not the person.

如果你去参军，成为公务员，当警察，或者做大学教授，这些工作的薪酬都是与岗位挂钩，与人无关。

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He was approached by Najib, then new to the pm job, to join the civil service.

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