Career

Don’t major in history for the love of Charlemagne

July 26, 2011

Everyone got their outrage hats on? Here’s mine: Let’s go. This article. (via Leora and others) Let’s start parsing, shall we? William Klein’s story may sound familiar to his fellow graduates. After earning his bachelor’s in history from the College at Brockport, he found himself living in his parents’ Buffalo home, working the same $7.25-an-hour waiter job he had in high school. So that’s the normal paragraph.  How does it read to me? William Klein’s story may sound familiar to his fellow ...

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How to not be unemployed in a recession

July 19, 2011

We interrupt this blog for a SERIOUSBUSINESS post on economics. I’ve been on Google+ for about two weeks now, and I’m really hoping everyone switches over from Facebook, if only because you can get quality conversations like this (and also for the animated GIFs)   I came across the piece yesterday, talking about the recession and how there’s an employment bubble.  The author writes, For people who spend most of their days within a few blocks of tech start-up epicenters ...

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A Guide to Questionable Russian Careers, or “Seryozha, That Guy with the Ambulance.”

April 26, 2011

A couple weeks ago, we were having dinner with Real People, when the conversation turned to Russian career choices.  The hip thing to do in Philly if you’re Russian now is to own a privately-operated ambulance. Whether it’s because it’s convenient to leech money from insurance companies and commit fraud or  whether your Hummer is JUST NOT obnoxious enough for when you go out to the clubs, ambulances are THE in business to be in right now. Before ambulances, every ...

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Please help me look less like Gaga and more like Coco

September 28, 2010

I am starting my new job in three weeks and I have nothing (new-job-worthy) to wear. I am looking for something business casual but with a formal slant.  Skirts and pants alike are welcome.  I would describe my personal style as “blue” and “on sale” and “OH MY GOD IT ALMOST FITS ME I’M BUYING IT.”   Also, I am short and I hate buying pants.  And skirts that fall above the knee.  Because nothing fits well. Basically what I’m ...

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My Secret Muscle (not as dirty as it sounds)

August 15, 2010

As I biked the last five miles of the thirty that I did on Saturday, I thought about what people’s motivations are for following through, on anything. Well, actually no. At that point, I was thinking more about whether to go home or to an emergency medical clinic, because I wasn’t sure if my legs would fall off.  But after I regained limb sensation, I really did think about what made people successful. A year ago, even five months ago, ...

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