From excessive drinking to being high pretty much all the time to a wardrobe consisting of only pajamas,bloggingcollege sure is a rockin good time. And, it helps you get a job that pays money, which enables you to buy progressively better whiskey, hoping for that one magical day when you can afford the stuff that does not come in a plastic bottle! It’s good to dream, kid.
See it in ads for attorneys, too: "recent law school grad wanted..."
It's age discrimination, and stunningly blatant, but good luck with your case when the freaking lawyers you want to hire are doing it themselves.
a lot. i'm navigating for obamacare and most of the people i see out of work / no insurance / no job prospects are women b/t 45 and 65. and the others just desperate to hang on.
I vaguely remember a graph somebody -- probably the Murky Nudes -- printed in the early 80s, that projected population and number of lawyers in the Bay Area based on then-current growth rates, and showed the curves intersecting around 2020, when everyone in the Bay Area would be a lawyer. (Note: this was a joke. The newspaper knew it was a joke).
The part that isn't a joke is that there is only so much law to parse.
Back in the stoned age, when I showed up at the U of Wisky, the advisors-that-be slotted me into a "special" program where I would major in physics, and my annoying humanities and social-science requirements would be substituted with engineering courses.
I was a seventeen-year-old kid, so I went with it for the first semester. (Also, the Chem TA was a doll). But, after one semester it crossed my mind that I was attending one of the major liberal arts universities in the fucking country, and that I was never likely to have a better chance to learn some shit that didn't involve math (and I love math), so I dropped back to a simple physics major, where I was required to also take some econ and English lit and sociology and (optionally) art history (which I still think of as the best class I ever had). Oh, and enough French that I can usually understand menus.
Don't misunderstand -- I loved the math and physics (although in retrospect I wish I had jumped into Computer Science at its birth). But the liberal arts part has had a big influence on my subsequent life. I've made a lot of bad decisions in my life, but getting out of the physics-and-engineering tunnel wasn't one of them.
This is a really good thing to talk about. I reference Geeznerd's comment as well.
I had a career as a fairly brilliant geek and geek-manager. I didn't change jobs very often, because I grew up in a time when you didn't so that, but I did change voluntarily a couple of times, and twice involuntarily. My unemployment periods after the involuntary layoffs were (1) a day and (2) four weeks (during the early 90s recession).
And then, after seven years, I got nuked because the new corporate management didn't like my former boss (who had left a couple of years before). I want to be clear that this was largely my own fault -- I was middle-upper management by this point, and never spent enough time networking to secure my position.
So, there I was, 54, unemployed and just after 9/11. And pretty fucking current in RF semiconductors.
So I got lots of interviews. And never an offer. After a couple of years I got a Cali Real Estate license and sold mortgages for a while.
Note to younger Wonkers who may have traditional employment: Start shifting your savings and investment pattern more conservatively five or ten years earlier than the "official" suggestions. Include in your plans the possibility that you may be permanently out of work at age 55.
And how nice it is that the person taking your order understands original Latin.
The rich will still be able to do all that . . . and they'll enjoy shorter lines. So, no problem.
See it in ads for attorneys, too: "recent law school grad wanted..."
It's age discrimination, and stunningly blatant, but good luck with your case when the freaking lawyers you want to hire are doing it themselves.
did you see her on the red carpet recently? and mrs. hughes? i mean, jesus. <a href="http://tomandlorenzo.com/20..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://tomandlorenzo.com/2014/01/2014-sag-awards-...">http://tomandlorenzo.com/20...
a lot. i&#039;m navigating for obamacare and most of the people i see out of work / no insurance / no job prospects are women b/t 45 and 65. and the others just desperate to hang on.
this is really making me sad.
you know DDM, you should actually use that applebee&#039;s GC.
I have no idea who these people are, but Holly Hunter? Yum.
You&#039;ve omitted &quot;shitty&quot; from both references to sci fi.
Hasn&#039;t been for some time now.
I vaguely remember a graph somebody -- probably the Murky Nudes -- printed in the early 80s, that projected population and number of lawyers in the Bay Area based on then-current growth rates, and showed the curves intersecting around 2020, when everyone in the Bay Area would be a lawyer. (Note: this was a joke. The newspaper knew it was a joke).
The part that isn&#039;t a joke is that there is only so much law to parse.
You can <i>hum</i> &quot;It&#039;s Raining Men&quot;?
Just don&#039;t be over 55 when you lose that job, and you&#039;ve got a fair shot at another go-round.
Back in the stoned age, when I showed up at the U of Wisky, the advisors-that-be slotted me into a &quot;special&quot; program where I would major in physics, and my annoying humanities and social-science requirements would be substituted with engineering courses.
I was a seventeen-year-old kid, so I went with it for the first semester. (Also, the Chem TA was a doll). But, after one semester it crossed my mind that I was attending one of the major liberal arts universities in the fucking country, and that I was never likely to have a better chance to learn some shit that didn&#039;t involve math (and I love math), so I dropped back to a simple physics major, where I was required to also take some econ and English lit and sociology and (optionally) art history (which I still think of as the best class I ever had). Oh, and enough French that I can usually understand menus.
Don&#039;t misunderstand -- I loved the math and physics (although in retrospect I wish I had jumped into Computer Science at its birth). But the liberal arts part has had a big influence on my subsequent life. I&#039;ve made a lot of bad decisions in my life, but getting out of the physics-and-engineering tunnel wasn&#039;t one of them.
Wait. Wasn&#039;t that 19th Century <i>British</i> literature?
Actually, if you shake their brains up a little, engineers could likely design pretty interesting houses.
EDUT: The music might be the problem.
When the moon is in the Seventh House, The Board of Directors will give me honking stock options.
(Okay, it doesn&#039;t scan. Sue me).
This is a really good thing to talk about. I reference Geeznerd&#039;s comment as well.
I had a career as a fairly brilliant geek and geek-manager. I didn&#039;t change jobs very often, because I grew up in a time when you didn&#039;t so that, but I did change voluntarily a couple of times, and twice involuntarily. My unemployment periods after the involuntary layoffs were (1) a day and (2) four weeks (during the early 90s recession).
And then, after seven years, I got nuked because the new corporate management didn&#039;t like my former boss (who had left a couple of years before). I want to be clear that this was largely my own fault -- I was middle-upper management by this point, and never spent enough time networking to secure my position.
So, there I was, 54, unemployed and just after 9/11. And pretty fucking current in RF semiconductors.
So I got lots of interviews. And never an offer. After a couple of years I got a Cali Real Estate license and sold mortgages for a while.
Note to younger Wonkers who may have traditional employment: Start shifting your savings and investment pattern more conservatively five or ten years earlier than the &quot;official&quot; suggestions. Include in your plans the possibility that you may be permanently out of work at age 55.
Best of luck.