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SATURDAY, 16 MAY 1964
You put "open to work" on LinkedIn.
Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were bots. The sixth was your ex, checking you're doing worse.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Lessons will be learned. By whom, and when, will also be learned. Eventually. Possibly.
- You said you're "built different". You're built the same. Just assembled worse.
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
- Love yourself first. Someone has to, and nobody else applied.
- Core collaboration days started as Tuesday. They now include Wednesday, Thursday, a Friday that's…
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- Your company's core values are printed on the wall. So nobody has to have…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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