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TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2006
It's not a career ladder.
It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn and more endorsements than you.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- "We should get dinner sometime" is a beautiful promise. One of you will die…
- A budget is a list of things you're about to do anyway. Written down…
- The council listened to your feedback. Then it did the thing anyway, but with…
- You've been "circling back" since March. At this point you're space debris.
- Your business plan has three phases: launch, pivot, and letting the domain quietly expire.
- Monday morning has the energy of a printer that knows you're in a hurry.…
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
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