Springfield MO US
It’s bananas that I must have a LinkedIn profile to apply for a job.
This little corner of my website is where I collect things from the everyday goings-on in my life. It’s a chronicle, exhibit, and junk-drawer all at once. I have not had a social media profile in quite a few years now, so this part of my website fills a similiar purpose to what those places did for me in years past.
It’s bananas that I must have a LinkedIn profile to apply for a job.
Sad that the AI companies landed on an aesthetic so close to my own: earthtones, serif fonts, em-dashes. First they took my job, then they took my sense of self.
When I was in my early twenties, I took great pride in never owning a suit. After a while I realized it wasn’t worth holding on to. My whole career, I’ve been proud of never having a proper resume. That one, I’m starting to think, isn’t worth holding on to either.
Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled
It’s a lot of fun, but you don’t have a lot of agency in it. You sit in a bobsled, you go down an icy track, and really, there is only one way to go.
I’ve worked on a lot of small, personal projects… which has been great! I have, however, put little time into anything that would support my livelihood.
Losing my job last month has certainly upped the stress level around here, especially given that I’m still in the middle of going through a divorce. I must say, though, I’m quite content to no longer be working for a billionaire.
An unease about where I fit into things is a thread you can follow throughout my entire time of making a living by doing things with computers. But I’m not sure I’ve ever had more questions about where I fit into all of it than I do now.