Experiences: listing of jobs that always seem to come about by accident, never gotten through the traditional means of networking nor interviewing techiniques that so many help/support job clubs are programmed to shove down our throats
Internet Boom Job
- balanced a proprietary client’s strict guidlines for its gov’t restrictions of
monitoring and hosting of internet services.- a new Competetive Local
Exchange Carrier’s expanding and growing business dedicated primarily
to establishing its sales image
- lack of engineering support for a complex backend of systems and
software that were initially expensive to put in production, expensive to
upgrade and maintain without extensive training and knowledge, and
were also prime for the numerous incompatibilities of the continuous
accumulation of new products on the market
- not a job that ever would have been of interest except for the fact that
after getting fired from from previous job, unfairly mind you, and
hearing about this “opportunity” from another guy who got fired from
that same job, but who always stayed in contact with the staff by coming
in to sell marijuana.
... in actuality this came about at a time when money and finding a new place to live were priorities, the second time this situation came about. A true NYC experience. Family was proud that I had gotten a job in computers which at the time was a hot field to be involved in, it was an impressive and important responsibility, was a test of my determination to make the most of this opportunity, learn what I could, and have a legitimate corporate environment experience. Sadly this job was coming to an (amicable) end in the fall of 2001, after I was diagnosed with a disability in the Spring, 2 months after I had made a trip to reunite with a sibling in Alaska, and after a disastrous and terrifying act of war on our country that occurred six weeks previous to the final ending of this job, all of which including an interview during the Spring at the WTC North Tower 77th floor prompted countless sessions with a therapist to deal with loss of work, loss of health, loss of the magic of the city…loss of everything.
Dream job in world of entertainment
- exiciting opportunity to work with and around many notorious
entertainment personalities, shows, and thus annoyingly brag to old
friends and family back West.
- continued to associate with people who like to smoke and drink thus
continuing to build and reinforce the bad habits obtained towards the
end of previous job, and ultimately burning any dreams or care of what
was idealized in the B.S. (bullshit) throwaway degree that would
sarcastically label its earner as a professional “basket-weaver”.
...in actuality, was a nice way to be introduced to NYC, a nice way to cap
off the previous experience as a performer, a wonderful experience to work at what I would have perceived as the perfect dream job introducing me to the technical support environment for the #2 coast/market of production, and additionally was a relief (and reward) at a time when I was breaking off a relationship (amicably) and searching for a new residence. A remarkable transitional period.
Self-fulfillment job
- received countless commendations for being talented and a regularly
anticipated performer
- met many nice young ladies, didn’t settle for one that will always remain
in the back of the mind as “the one”
- started to drink, smoke, didn’t learn any practical experiences that would
lead to practical career advancement opportunities, but lead more to a
jaded and isolated personality (one would brag that they were on a few
occasions interrupted at dinner in public by so-called
“admirers”)...the ending result being that none of the nice young lady
companions would be stupid enough to have stayed involved with a
burned-out old rock-and-roller type (including justifiably) the one lady
whom this rock-and-roller decided was the final conquest and moved
to a large distant city with but broke off their relationship due to the
inability of that jaded rock-and-roller’s capacity to meet the everyday
necessities of any respectable companion.
B.S. (BullShit) Degree in watching TV, film and listening to music
- perfect for the youth of the TV generation, a person who spent way too
much time watching television growing up
- a waste of opportunity to get a decent college education and family
resources as well as what was at the time a very affordable and low-cost expense of tuition
- has absolutely no benefit other than this person luckily received a
degree after having countless drinking episodes that called for meetings
with the Resident Counselor and the Dean of Housing- lucky also in that
this person stupidly and defiantly went against his past reputation for
doin well in school and achieved a meager Grade Point Average when
letting grades slip after knowingly ignoring drop deadlines
...in actuality, learned about the storyline processes and qualities of production that make productions critically acclaimed in cultural and acadmic environments.
CERTIFICATES OF AUTHENTICITY, HONORABLE-MENTION AND PARTICIPANT AWARDS
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