In addition to the original list from McSweeney’s names of Massachusetts towns*, I think the following need to be added:
Levittownville
Amherstoniaham
South Help Me
*FAKE
do i contradict myself, duh
Ambition is bad
Money is most important
Say what the fuck now?
The usual wandering about
It’s not what you thought it’d be
be entrepreneurial, they said. have a vision, they said. guide cross-functional teams. make an impact – in 90 days or less, they said. add value, they said. get shit done, they said. make a difference, they said. be dedicated, they said.
how’d that work?
no more job
Why?
I did the things they said they wanted NOT the things they actually reward, recognize, protect, promote.
I also make one other crucial mistake; I attached my whole sense of self to the work, the job, the outcomes in the short mindset that never has room for all those things they said they wanted in the first place.
I took it seriously and personally and didn’t fortify myself. Had I known the key is to develop a deeper level of emotional intelligence and detachment, build a network shamelessly, keep my distance and not only save myself but climb the dumb ladder.
What happened when you stood up for the right thing?
Did I take a stand?
Yes, for equal pay with men
Retaliation.
Just a Thursday in April
It’s everywhere
Everywhere I look I see how I feel is also how others feel. Bummer. And it’s a huge relief to finally see evidence from others that the crap and the overload is real. I’m not the problem. I’ve been made to be the problem by a system that’s just fucking fallen apart. How’d that happen? Slowly then all of a sudden. Yep, I’m revising too. UX? Feh. What a slap in the face. Yeah it was what I did for a living but I never called it an industry. Skills you can use elsewhere. So that’s what I’m doing. Maybe I’ll use one of this persons tools tips snippets whatever.
Read all of it and appreciate that sad old Mac face.
