Adventures of a snarky nerdy feminist geek bookworm 20-something. Yeah, it's a niche. Deal with it.

Jobfox Resume Critique is a Scam, Part 2

April 2nd, 2010

Update 11/29/10: Jobfox is now frantically trying to prove to the internet that they are Not A Scam. Ha! About forever ago, when I still blogged and stuff, I wrote about the JobFox "Resume Critique Service" and how angry it made me. Basically this job search engine offers a free resume critique "service Read More...

MIT, making you feel like crap, even after you’ve graduated

February 11th, 2010

So there's a blog out there that claims to give the MIT Alumni Perspective on the world, or something. It's called Slice of MIT, and I've run across it before but didn't really find it interesting, so I don't follow it. But I am a member of the MIT Alumni group on LinkedIn, so I get daily updates about group activity Read More...

Jobfox Resume Critique is a Scam

February 8th, 2010

Update 11/29/10: Jobfox is now frantically trying to prove to the internet that they are Not A Scam. Ha! Update 4/2/10: Read about my response to the letter here. Now, I really was planning on writing an entry not about job searching. I swear! I have a couple half-written already. But I got an email today that just made me so angry, I had to switch the schedule up a little bit Read More...

I will never find a job

January 30th, 2010

Earlier today, I sat down on the floor and cried hysterically for 10 whole minutes. Despite the fact that I've been job searching off-and-on for oh, about a YEAR now (I had a summer job for a few months, plus a volunteer position for another one, which interrupted the process to varying degrees) it hadn't really bothered me much Read More...

Why I will always hate bankers

January 28th, 2010

Today, I identify very, very strongly with the anti-banker sentiment out there lately. I will probably hate them for the absolute rest of my fucking life. Why? Because in their infinite greed, they fucked up the economy so hard as to render my engineering degree from MI-fucking-T effectively worthless Read More...

The truth about job searching…

January 19th, 2010

...is that it's really depressing. Intellectually, I know that it has nothing to do with me. I know that when I apply to an "entry-level" position requiring a "bachelor's degree" and "0-3 years experience," the company probably receives 300 applications, 100 of which have 3 years of experience and another 100 of which have master's degrees Read More...