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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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What is it about analyzing 20-somethings?

August 23, 2010

What is it about analyzing Generation Y that everyone loves so much (I’m talking to you, too, Gen Y bloggers) ? Yet another article has been making the rounds, examining why we are all special and precious and therefore don’t have to work or take on any adult responsibilities.  As you can probably guess, these kinds of treatsies make the immigrant kid in me super-mad. Another Maslow reference, another link to a study that conveniently proves what the author is ...

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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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Guy I See Going to Work Every Day

August 11, 2010

Almost every day that I walk to the Metro, I see this guy: And he always is in such a hurry to get to work, like he is power walking instead of just walking to the Metro at 8:00 am.   And I can never figure out if he’s genuinely that enthusiastic about his work, or if he’s rushing because he’s caught up in the frenetic worry of his job. On the one hand, I think it’s exciting to love your job ...

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