Job Seeking Articles

What is left, after the dumbest rejection emails have been sent, read, felt, survived? Not a cold, logical conclusion — but a resonance.

Companies are desperate for talent that doesn’t exist, for roles they can’t define, to build products the world might not even need.

For most of us, we manage to cobble together a semi-coherent, pre-rehearsed spiel about our “journey” and how we’re “passionate about synergy.”

Every one of these jobs offers a kind of deal with the devil. A Faustian bargain. Give me your peace of mind, and I’ll give you financial security.

The search for a remote job is not a search for a different way of working. It is a search for a different way of being.

The survival strategy isn’t to learn to code faster than an AI (you won’t) or to write better than a machine (it’s debatable). The survival strategy is to become more human.

Are we on the cusp of a job creation boom not seen since the dawn of the internet itself, or is this just the most elaborate, technically sophisticated game?

We learn to read between the lines. We treat job ads not as statements of fact, but as the opening move in a very long, very strategic game of chess.

These little things, they’re not really about the things themselves. They are clues that tell a story about your professionalism, your attention to detail.

The interview is the only time you hold any real power. You are a valuable asset they are considering acquiring. Once you sign the contract, that power dynamic flips.

Long-shot jobs? Ambitious titles? Companies I’d never heard of? Apply, apply, apply. It was a way to turn that helpless, angry energy into action, even if it was chaotic.

Your resume isn’t a history of your life. It’s a marketing document. And the product is you—your skills, your accomplishments, your potential.

It’s your chance to prove you’re not a robot, especially now that—let’s be honest—many people are probably using AI to write their first drafts.

The inbox filled up. Not with stories of professional hurdles, but with scenes of pure, uncut strangeness. A collection of moments so bizarre they had to be true.