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Too SpecializedIs it me or does it seem as though the majority of decent positions, based on their descriptions, require a narrow list of hard skills (mostly technical)? What's more, the companies posting these jobs seem completely inflexible about considering potentially qualified applicants who may not fit the exact job description. Here's a clue: a good employee is one who has the ability to learn, and who may not necessarily fit inside some box made of industry jargon and buzzwords. Yes, I have experienced that myself, and it is unbelievable how anal some companies can be about that. What astounds me is that these corporate HR fascists have the gall to demand an amount of education and experience that doesn't really reap the shitty pay for the position. I mean who in their right mind with ANY higher education or experience would work for 10 bucks an hour? We've bascially specialized ourselves into extinction in this country, no wonder the rest of the world is laughing at us... I mean an 80-140K education still makes an American half a retard compared to the average European or Asian. Shit, people should be LUCKY to go to college, let alone finish it and still not amount to an overeducated idiot. Maybe we should all just stay in college getting degrees on student loans until the national economy falls apart? Keep it evil. Take this job and shove it I will not get all the pieces They'll have you in this factory Take this job and shove it Let's all go use our sick leave up Take this job and shove it Take this job and shove it (Dead Kennedys: Take this Job and Shove It) It keeps me in a manic depressive shame-spiral to no end, but I live with my mother. I know it's pathetic, but I'd be in a cardboard box if I didn't. The only reason I didn't go broke sooner is that I don't have credit card debt, a mortgage, children, a spouse, sky-high rent, and my only real source of debt is a Stafford loan from my aborted first attempt at the overpriced party school known as Michigan State University, which upon hindsight, I never should've spent a dime in. There's your answer. Keep it evil, think whatever the hell you want. Angels on the sideline, Don't these talking monkeys know that Angels on the sideline, Monkey killing monkey killing monkey Monkey killing monkey killing monkey. Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to live to light a heaven conscious of his fleeting time here. Cut it all right in two [x4] Fight over the clouds, over wind, over sky Angels on the sideline again. Cut it all right in two [x3] Right in two... (Tool: Right in Two) I read yer post and automatically I had to pop in the CD player "Trainspotting 2" You really should listen to it.. it is waht you've wrote.. I read yer post and automatically I had to pop in the CD player "Trainspotting 2" You really should listen to it.. it is waht you've wrote.. A fellow Tool fan...nice to know. We have a lot in common. Although I don't live with my parents, I do feel that should I lose my life-sucking "Office Space" type job, I would have no options. It sucks...you obviously "get it" and are intelligent enough to be gainfully employed. Ever go to the website indeed.com? If it were me and I lived in Michigan, I do believe I would move out that bitch asap. I've never met a happy or even content person from that state. ;) Some companies make the requirements very specific so they can hire H1B's, if they see you are H1B, or here on a green card then many of the other requirments will melt away. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi1R4iDx3Lg Mr. Plankton That makes sense, especially in my supposed line of work, which involves heavy data analysis and modeling. Just more evidence of the gradual fleecing of America. Wageslave my friend, Your talents are so wasted. You should be writing, in some form that gains you income. Now, listen, I know how idealistic and silly that sounds. I know the whole idea of making an income from any type of writing, no matter how insightful, creative and good it may be, is a total pie in the sky notion. If it wasn't, hell, you would already be doing it. But put my obvious naivety aside for just a moment. And please don't mistake my understanding of the difference between your "stream of consciousness" writting here and any other formats. I know that this is different. And I know you would easily discern this and easily adapt to any format while retaining the "you" that is in any good writting. Opportunities in this area are crazy limited and may end up being just another job hell (editing copy on a small local newspaper, if you're lucky, or writing about the return of the robins, or the local Shriners Club charity...etc). But you are so capable, and express yourself so succinctly. How many HACKS are there out there actually making a comfortable living wage off their contributions to the literary world? Hell, I read my local newspaper some days and wonder how these people even got through college, never mind contrbuting to any publication, no matter how trivial. Think about the people who actually gain airtime or more importantly, pagetime, simply because they forged a name for themselves. Even on-line Hack-O-Ramas like Paris Hilton. Jesus Christ. If these ignorant sycophants can grab a decent (plus) living off media, there has to be a place for intelligent, insightful people. Call me idealistic, or stupid. I have tuned in here at times soley to read your rants and lyric quotes, because, they are DEAD on. Easy reading, because they are so well written. Political affiliations and obvious solidarity aside. You write well. Period. Think about it.......... (Don't bash me too hard for venturing forth with this) You're probably the 10th person who mentioned writing for a living. I've also been told that I'm so dramatic I should act or do comedy. The former I don't do because readership in Michigan newspapers is steadily declining with our collective brainpower in this state and the latter two I don't do because of chokey stage fright and my terrible short-term memory. Plus all three options REQUIRE a college degree like a high school diploma just to be considered or legitimized as a human being like all other things and I'm not interested in doubling, let alone tripling my already heavy student loan debt along with working just to barely pay bills anytime soon. Sorry to be so cynical, its just my nature. If anything could've worked for me, it would've panned out by now, thus I think I deserve to suck at life... Keep it evil... "That's the American Way, everyone loves you when you're a fetus, but after you're born you're on your own." Again, the hellhole that is Michigan is mentioned. I wholeheartedly agree with Bent II's post, but it seems that in order to achieve anything, you'd need to move to another state. I know relocating is easier said than done, but if you're under say, 45 years old, I think it would be worth it. Doesn't seem like there would be much to lose. Being cynical is part of what makes you who you are. Don't ever lose that. It is a big part of why you express yourself so well. And that Carlin quote is funny. And could be pretty much true. However, the one thing I have to disagree with you on....legitimizing yourself as a human being. YOU are the only one who can legitimize yourself as a human being. I have learned that through experience. You cannot rely on anyone else to do that or you will be waiting a very long time. I know, I waited a lot of years before I twigged to the way it all works. No number of certificates hanging on the wall can do that. And, no, I'm not going to launch into a Tony Robbins diatribe here, because it would be useless, and because I HATE Tony Robbins and would like to pry his perfect white teeth out one by one. I just know this from the school of hard knocks and first hand, long time experience. And it DOES make a difference. No matter how the chips fall and what crappy shit befalls you, you will always have yourself and your self worth and your scathingly sly sense of humour to fall back on, IF you allow yourself that luxury. And you have to. You DESERVE to have that. Give it to yourself. No one can steal that. It won't pay the bills or change the crappy economic shit in Michigan, but it will go a long way to making you feel better about surviving it. And you will. I know we have to take into account reality (unfortunately) and you can be totally legitimized and empowered in your own mind, (which is the ony place it matters) and still not be able to afford to live. That sucks. Basically there isn't much that doesn't suck in one way or another. Finding a way to thrive in the suckage is the trick. Of course you're dramatic! It would be sad if you weren't. Thats a good thing. It's you. If you didn't express it, your head would implode. It's how you think and how you operate. It's all part of the big picture. Acting and comedy do not require a college degree. There is a long, long list of successful people in all fields who never even bothered to graduate from high school, myself included, although I'm not so sure about the success part for myself. People who went on to build empires. I don't even know where I'm going with this........just tryng to tell you to hang on I suppose. Hang on and keep doing what you do best. Surviving. Thriving in one way or another. Keep expressing yourself, because for you, I think this is crucial. Well it's good to know that you'll be okay I have been good Lock the door, lock the door I have been good Take this time to figure it out Take this time to figure it out IN REPAIR When you put it that way, you make a great deal of sense. Why the hell aren't we ghost-writing for no-talent assclowns or talk-show hosts for a profit with this gold? Here's some possibly good news, my record-length unemployment makes me eligible for the next round of No Worker Left Behind benifits in my third-world pseudo-state, only took 4 months. Now all I have to do is feed all my financial, educational, and government paperwork to a caseworker on Friday to hopefully close the deal. Then I'm hoping I can just go to school full time on Governor she-bitch Granholm's dime till I have an associate's degree that's worth it's weight and start climbing the life ladder one and for all. Meanwhile all those union apprenticeships I've applied to have just milked me for testing fees and blew smoke up my ass after actually making it to their interviews. Something tells me the labor reports are equal amounts horse shit and hot air. None of those tradespeople will ever retire and they're not bothering to replace the people that actually do. I just wanted to do valuable work for a good living, maybe get licensed in a trade or two, and skip this sinking, burning economic oiltanker I'm stuck living in. I mean they don't call them international brotherhoods for nothing... You make journeyman and become licensed, you can skip your state, let alone a continent from what I've read about the trades, just as long as you meet all the creds for the job. Keep it evil. When you put it that way, you make a great deal of sense. Why the hell aren't we ghost-writing for no-talent assclowns or talk-show hosts for a profit with this gold? Here's some possibly good news, my record-length unemployment makes me eligible for the next round of No Worker Left Behind benifits in my third-world pseudo-state, only took 4 months. Now all I have to do is feed all my financial, educational, and government paperwork to a caseworker on Friday to hopefully close the deal. Then I'm hoping I can just go to school full time on Governor she-bitch Granholm's dime till I have an associate's degree that's worth it's weight and start climbing the life ladder one and for all. Meanwhile all those union apprenticeships I've applied to have just milked me for testing fees and blew smoke up my ass after actually making it to their interviews. Something tells me the labor reports are equal amounts horse shit and hot air. None of those tradespeople will ever retire and they're not bothering to replace the people that actually do. I just wanted to do valuable work for a good living, maybe get licensed in a trade or two, and skip this sinking, burning economic oiltanker I'm stuck living in. I mean they don't call them international brotherhoods for nothing... You make journeyman and become licensed, you can skip your state, let alone a continent from what I've read about the trades, just as long as you meet all the creds for the job. Keep it evil. With the upcoming mass retirement of the Boomers (LOL, kinda sounds like Lemmings) they say there will be huge gaps in skilled trades and skilled labour. This is a prediction I have seen for a couple of years. I'm skeptical, but now thinking there is some light at the end of the tunnel for up and coming workers who have spent time and money to qualify themselves. Boomers have a very tenacious grip and can hang on like grim death or a sucking limpet. So, I'll believe it when I see it. No offense to Boomers, I may be in the very demographic I slag, born in '61. So no offense, I am a tail ender. Just can't relate. Dennis Hopper shilling investment fund companies....please..God give me strength. The stench of Sell Out has been hanging in the air for a couple of decades at least and it is getting stronger by the year. But common sense says...God Damn, they have to retire at some point! Let go their death grip on all the plums and go fucking play some bingo already. They should enjoy it, because when we retire, we will most likely be eating Dog Chow in a cardboard box under a fucking overpass. And what of the generation right after ours??? The boomers will likely be the last generation to have any retirement security. They should thank Almighty God for this and make space for younger generations. Enjoy all the wealth you have been privilaged enough to have hoarded away. The next generation doesn't even have a hope of doing this. When I am ready to get out, I will go, and I hope that someone younger can step in and benefit, do my job, profit from it, gain from it, build a future from it. I don't plan to seat sit until I can't chew my own damn food. I'll go. And I'll probably be doing a soft shoe on my way out the fucking door. That is how it should be. Amen. Wheres the Tylenol. Swan Song- for Dennis Hopper et al Too many problems Eat your heart out on a plastic tray Problem, problem Problem, problem Problem, problem In a death trip I ain't automatic Bet you thought you had it all worked out Problem, problem They know a doctor Problem, problem, Problem, problem, Sex Pistols I am a child of the "Love Generation" I went to the World's Fair and saw the cars of the future. I had the electronic eye and ear for a babysitter. I have more useless knowledge in my head than most. I wasted my youth in downtown club bathrooms throwing away my disposable income in little packets of foil and plastic. I gave up the dream of my parents utopia and embraced the idea of socialism and wearing the big red A. I woke up one morning and 20 years had come and gone-still working, still struggling. No disposable income-No money to invest-my insurance needs have seen to that, no extras to waste on stocks and bonds and the hope for an easy future-I know I will work until I have a massive heart attack or drop dead from a cancer brought on by stress. I live frugal but somehow still beyond my needs. I rent because I can't afford a mortgage-but each year the rent goes up and the service becomes less. Guess I'll be seeing a few 'friends' under that fucking underpass-hopefully we won't be all selfish pricks that won't share our dogfood because we're too fucking hungry to care. Dennis Hopper is a sell out. Though I think I'll really know the apocalypse is apon us when they get lil' Johnny Rotten (who's now a member of the US GOP) to do the investment commercials!! |
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