The frame of “applying to jobs” is spiritually humiliating because it makes the job into the subject and the applicant into the object. You’ve cast yourself as a dependent on the Jobs’ generosity. A victim to its judgement.
— Emmett Shear (@eshear)
enjoyed this slice in time from jordan's career emails, so here's one of my memorable ones when i was rejected by a startup for not having good visual design... but i asked for a chance to prove myself and got it
this startup got acq'd by fb, and made my career today
— julius tarng cyber inspector (@tarngerine)
(2) Matthew Chapman on X: "With Detroit seeing a population and economic rebound, it's worth exploring what exactly caused the city to fall so hard — because there are REALLY important lessons for a lot of other U.S. cities, some of which are making similar mistakes to Detroit and not realizing it." / X
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan)
Ted Davis on Twitter
Feels so broken that we've created an ecosystem where the few people left with staff jobs are just waiting for them to disappear; the freelancers are struggling to get by on roughly $10k a year; and yet there are endless publicists in my inbox who largely seem to be living stably— Ted Davis (@tddvsss) October 16, 2023
Bill D'Alessandro on Twitter
“Damn. This is the most unreal (and yet depressingly so real) story of unintended consequences I've ever read. "Why Do Employers Provide Health Care in the First Place?" Some excerpts... https://t.co/q1DFnfXvzl”