If you want to really understand this in a practical sense, it's more as though these guys are hired hands.

用更现代点的观点来解读,他们更像是雇农

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Here you are, you're working for Mckinsey, you've been hired by Joe Smith and Ann blogs to figure out their strategy, working on a problem in a team on working on my homework assignments.

你是在为麦肯锡工作,你被乔史密斯和安博客录用,帮他们寻找合理策略,或者在学习小组里一起做作业

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