As of April 27 I will once again be part of the 9-5 working world. I have officially accepted the position of Content Strategist at the Seattle Public Library. The past 9-ish months have been exciting, fun, challenging, stressful, and blissfully unstructured. I will miss my lazy mornings and working while binge-watching Mad Men and…
Tag: career
Job Hunting For Dummies: The Networking Cheat Sheet
Networking is one of my least favorite words in the English language. Not because I don’t enjoy chatting with people (though admittedly my enjoyment varies according to the people in question), but rather because of the implicit element of commerce. Each party is trying to figure out what they can sell to the other, or…
When Flaws Are Strengths
I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. For a large portion of my adult life (say, ages 25 to 40) I thought this uncertainty was probably not good. Shouldn’t I have a plan? Maybe an advanced degree? Every time I find myself in-between jobs, I have a minor existential career…
On Not Losing Hope
A lot has changed in the world since I moved to Seattle and got my first job at a video store in 1990. My first resumé was typed on a typewriter that I rented for a quarter at the public library. The old downtown library looked more like a library and less like a spaceship…
Plumb Wonderful 