Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Want Motivation? Interview for Retail!

Well, I just solved my motivation problem for the next few days. I took out a job app for a local B&N, started to fill it in, and then stopped. Under "previous work experience", I had just put the American Museum of Natural History and Cornell-Weill Medical Center. Under "previously held positions", I had put Assistant Data Analyst and Research Assistant. Now this may seem elitist, and it is, after all, those aren't very prestigious positions (they translate as Spreadsheet Janitor and Go-For boy). I'm just too fucking overqualified for working in this kind of place. However, I'm poor, bored, and running out of money, so I filled the rest of it out, and I'm going to drop it off tomarrow. On my way to drop it off though, I'm going to also submit the application I picked up for a local tutoring service. At least there, I'll be passing on some knowledge, and therefore, I'll be useful.

So in short; nothing motivates a knowledge worker like the thought of having to work retail.

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