MetaFilter posts tagged with careers

Women's Work

Kitty Stardust — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:46:15 -0800

The Ballad of the Unpaid Intern. Not That Kind of Secretary. The Home Economics of Domestic Workers. Parts of Grace Bello's series Women's Work on how popular culture depicts working women. Via.

Contemporary career path to become James Bond

rongorongo — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 05:44:24 -0800

How to find the express route to a job like Commander James Bond - without getting hidebound by desks, petty blackmail, IT support, the heavy drinking embassy cocktail party circuit or an HR policy that frowns on you killing people. But you are going to have to drive an un-obtrusive car and teach yourself about cards, suits and seduction in your own time; sorry.

Want more women at STEM conferences?

jfwlucy — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:59:50 -0800

How to help increase the number of participating women in STEM conferences As a woman who got steered firmly away from a STEM career many, many years ago, I find this incredibly heartening.

What advice would you give a Deaf/Hard of Hearing person who is looking for a job, career, or calling like yours?

desjardins — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:15:04 -0800

This website aims to show the wide variety of jobs, careers and callings that deaf and hard of hearing adults are pursuing each day. Interviews with and biographies of deaf and hard of hearing people at work, some of them in careers you might not expect, like a firefighter, a veterinarian, and a comedian.

I Am Science

philipy — Wed, 30 May 2012 09:45:41 -0800

I Am Science: Unconventional Paths to Life in Science (5-min Vimeo), via Brain Pickings. And some related pieces from Brain Pickings: Richard Feynman: The Key to Science in 63 Seconds What Is Science? From Feynman to Sagan to Asimov to Curie, an Omnibus of Definitions How Ignorance Fuels Science and the Evolution of Knowledge The Art of Chance-Opportunism in Creativity and Scientific Discovery: A 1957 Guide Live the Questions: Jacqueline Novogratz’s Advice to Graduates

alt-ac census

Orinda — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:19:30 -0800

Who are the alt-acs? They are people with graduate education (mostly in the humanities and library science) who have decided to pursue alternative academic careers. They choose to skip the "dues-paying crap" often associated with pursuing a traditional tenure-track job, and avoid languishing in unrewarding adjunct assignments. They also tweet like mad. The results of a new (and, as of this writing, ongoing) #alt-ac census show alt-acs thriving in diverse positions; there's a strong contingent involved in the digital humanities, but also a historian at the U.S. Department of State, an exhibit developer at the National Constitution Center, and a self-employed "Editor, musicologist." Even William Pannapacker, often cited by MeFites for his advice "Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don't Go", has repeated the claim that alt-ac is the future of the academy.

Getting a job in software development: A Reddit discussion round-up

snow_mac — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:53:28 -0800

Getting a job in software development: A Reddit discussion round-up A great round up of CS articles about getting a job in CS, then also links to info about CS concepts. Any thoughts or additions?

"I'm making their backsides wiggle and bringing us all together in funky communion."

divabat — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:22:30 -0800

Army soldier, model, or zookeeper: an A to Z of What People Don't Get About My Job. Relevant AskMefi thread.

Are jobs obsolete?

pupstocks — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:28:07 -0800

Are jobs obsolete? - op-ed by Douglas Rushkoff. "The question we have to begin to ask ourselves is not how do we employ all the people who are rendered obsolete by technology, but how can we organize a society around something other than employment? Might the spirit of enterprise we currently associate with 'career' be shifted to something entirely more collaborative, purposeful, and even meaningful?" As someone with a highly non-traditional work history and path, I find the idea of a paradigm shift rather appealing.

Cart-pimpers and cat counselors

divabat — Wed, 18 May 2011 23:28:22 -0800

What is a library? What do librarians do? Librarians from the 2011 ALIA conference in Sydney respond - and their answers can be surprising.

Are you a dynamic, results orientated team player that excels at fast paced problem solving?

COD — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:42:25 -0800

LinkedIn has analyzed the millions of resumes stored on the site and revealed the top 10 most overused, cliched, buzzwords used on resumes this year. Number 1 is "Extensive Experience."

"ludo-erotica in the boardgame show for the ages"

Kattullus — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:01:31 -0800

DowntimeTown is the boardgame review site of Scottish comedian Robert Florence, previously of Consolevania and Videogaiden [and previously on MetaFilter]. The heart of DowntimeTown are the wonderful video reviews, recommendations is a better word, where Florence explains why he likes the games under review so damn much, in an irreverent but loving fashion. There are plain ol' text reviews too, besides a whole host of other goodness. Links to individual videos below the cut. Fury of Dracula Careers Cosmic Encounter Memoir 44 Hour of Glory Chaos in the Old World Space Hulk Magic: The Gathering - Planechase Horus Heresy Summoner Wars Dixit ZAA OOO ZAA

Almost Homeless

divabat — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:57:10 -0800

Ex-Director of Operations of Sababa Toys Paul Nawrocki lost his job after the parent company filed for bankruptcy. Posting, faxing, and emailing thousand of copies of his resumes (including through LinkedIn) did not get him anywhere, so he's resorted to standing at a Manhattan street corner wearing a sandwich board saying "Almost Homeless". Business blogger Barry Ritholtz blogged about Nawrocki, which led to a Businessweek interview describing his difficulty affording his wife's medical needs or even the cost of relocation. He's been noticed by an executive recruiting firm, and a job-hunting website was made in his honour. Will his Depression-era tactic bring him luck in this recession? (Via MetaChat)

'An ode to developers everywhere...'

sunshinesky — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:58:49 -0800

[slyt] Hug a developer today.

The current talent pool is too small (get it?)

Kibbutz — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:19:44 -0800

Looking for relatively-secure employment, decent wages, and the satisfaction of helping Planet Earth? There's a coming shortage of workers in the Waste Water Treatment industry! (via) Although you're gonna wanna hurry up and get your application in. Anything that shows up on Al's Morning Meeting typically gets picked up and pushed forward pretty quickly by the mainstream (ha!--get it, again?) media.

how to revise a resume

lalex — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:55:09 -0800

A Resume Experiment. In which career blog JibberJobber responds to a request for resume help by assembling a team of hiring managers and professional resume writers to review the document: Part 1 : Introduction | Part 2: First Impressions/Reactions | Part 3: Formatting the Resume | Part 4: Content is King | Part 5: Wrap Up

5. ColdFusion

caddis — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:40:42 -0800

The top 10 dead (or dying) computer skills. "Obsolescence is a relative -- not absolute -- term in the world of technology."

stripping as a career

thedailygrowl — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:23:49 -0800

Speaker Touts Stripping to 8th Graders as a lucrative career, causing a collective freakout in our sex obsessed culture. If your considering stripping as possible career path here are some things that you should know.

List of Occupations

mert — Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:01:00 -0800

A List of Arcane Occupations If I had lived two hundred years ago, I might have been a PUREFINDER - someone who "went about the streets gathering dog droppings which were used for tanning leather."

Worst Jobs in Science

Ufez Jones — Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:48:33 -0800

The worst jobs in Science. Brought to you by Popular Science. Everything from Flatus Odor Judge to Metric System Advocate.

Why I Quit 'The Sun'

feelinglistless — Mon, 31 Mar 2003 09:21:06 -0800

A journalist with principles When Katy Weitz, an anti-war feature writer for UK paper 'The Sun' picked up Thursday's edition and saw the headline, it was a step too far. She went in the following day and without another job to go to, handed in her resignation. It was no longer possible for her to write for a paper whose views she didn't agree with. I once gave up a marketing job because it ran against my principles as well. How far can we stretch ourselves before we have to shrug our shoulders and say ... it's only a job?

Job got you down?

thewittyname — Fri, 08 Nov 2002 09:24:16 -0800

Job got you down? Why not switch careers to the exciting field of necro-janitorial service? Join Crime Scene Cleaners today and be like your favorite movie hero, The Wolf. (Test your personality here). With high murder and suicide rates, you'll have that job security you desperately seek. Grab a broom and get busy!

ICKY!

Blake — Fri, 09 Aug 2002 11:16:28 -0800

ICKY!
Sometimes I think I made the right Career move. People complain about having to write papers, study, and do too much home work, but, how would you like to hold your hand in a cage full of mosquitoes to determine if they are ready to feed in order to get your degree (in entomology)?
Don't worry, the mosquitoes used in the tests are raised in captivity and do carry not any diseases suchas the West Nile Virus.
If you're like me, you asked yourself, What do entomologists do?

More from the "Watch What You Say Online" Department

briank — Fri, 01 Mar 2002 06:30:38 -0800

More from the "Watch What You Say Online" Department This Wired story mentions a fellow who badmouthed a thin-skinned company on an online forum and found himself hit with a $450,000 default judgment against him because he didn't show up in court to defend himself (he claims he had no idea he had been sued). Even those among us who might not be guilty of stealing have probably said something bad about various companies here and elsewhere. Should we all go hire a lawyer RIGHT NOW?