there's no light at the end of the tunnel...

[rone]

... but i hear the train coming anyway.

My career is stuck in a bad spot, where i can't afford to work for a place whose output isn't objectionable (like a university or a non-profit organization), so i have to take a job with companies that produce abhorrent things, like social networks or online ad frameworks, and are either megacorporations ridden with politics and bureaucracy, or are minuscule startups run by delusional megalomaniacs who overwork everyone, or they're midsized companies run by decent, smart people and therefore are a target ripe for acquisition and reëducation.  And i'm still too far off my winemaking certificate to seriously enact a career change (and we're back to the "can't afford" part, anyway).  The small business is already a vanishing thing, but it's practically mythic in this industry.  I wonder whether there's anything that can be done about it.

Comments

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Well, my best lead thus far is LinkedIn. As it is, the only social network that's truly helped is the one i've formed with friends, coworkers, and other acquaintances, and not via any online representation.

[loosestrife.livejournal.com]

the only social network that's truly helped is the one i've formed with friends, coworkers, and other acquaintances

That's how I've found every job I've had for the last fifteen years. (During which time I think I've been unemployed for not quite three whole weeks.)

Some of those friendships were formed or at least greatly facilitated online, and until recently the work was all the academic or non-profit kind you don't want, but your point still stands.

[sambushell.livejournal.com]

FWIW, the chap whose email address I sent you this evening is an old friend from university, but who I only happened to get back in touch with via LinkedIn.

[reddragdiva]

Notice it's recreated itself on the other social networks. This is a good thing.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, i wouldn't say it's a good thing, but it's certainly not a bad thing, either.