Job, redefined: A skill someone will pay for
There is so much talk in D.C. about creating jobs. But how does someone actually do that? What can a politician do, literally, to help create jobs for his, or her, constituency? That is the very simple, but oh-so-obvious, question that journalist, Adam Davidson (of NPR Planet Money fame) poses in his first column for The New York Times Magazine.
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Someone out there designs robots for a living — like this guy
In that list of things that you wanted to be “when you grew up,” was scientist ever one of them? Most likely. But at some point along the road, you talked your way out of it because really, who is a scientist? Well, this guy for one! Fast Company talked to Bill Allen, a scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
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Zinga Gets Zinged
Ouch! That has to hurt—when employees (past AND present) of the biggest and badass-est internet game company are in unison about how wretched the experience is. It kinda, er, zings home the concept that if the boss is a tyrant, the work place culture can not hardly makeup for the so-called perks—no matter the stock options (that the VIPs want
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Morale in the dumps for the young Wall Street workers
It’s looking pretty bleak for young people looking to get into Wall Street jobs. Not exactly breaking news, I concede, but the long-term outlook isn’t bright at all. An article in Dealbook shines a somewhat uncomfortable spotlight on the 20-somethings who had gotten their foot in the door, but were then subsequently shown the door not too much later. In
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What IS a social scientist?
Surely “social scientist” is a new job title, or at least one given a significant bump in popularity since the explosion of social networking. This recent NYT article talked about the theory that all of us are connected not via six degrees of separation, but a mere 4.74. That’s close, perhaps too close. But what caught my eye is
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When I graduated from school, I had no idea what I wanted to do for a living. After many job-angst conversations with friends over a beer, or four, I realized no one had a clue. Part of the problem? Job titles are useless! How are you supposed to know what you want to do if you don't know a) what jobs are out there in the first place and b) what it's really like to work in the gig. Dig This Gig attempts to find answers by going straight to the source — you! 