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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Information Management, Databases & Libraries |
| Scheherazade |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2008, 12:12 am
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Replies: 12
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| Sadly, my passion is writing, and the only way I can do that in a way that makes me happy is to do it on my terms, i.e. as a hobby, rather than bastardizing it into a job. The parts of my job I have hated most in the past are the parts that involve writing and reading. So there is no way I could be ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Information Management, Databases & Libraries |
| Scheherazade |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2008, 10:12 pm
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Replies: 12
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| I recently became an administrator for a Learning Management System for a state government agency. Some of the duties involved are: db management, network administration, content management, etc. But there is also a creative element with web design, material development and such. It affords me grea... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Information Management, Databases & Libraries |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2008, 11:13 am
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| Really though, you've stated that you've already got two degrees. That's enough. More isn't necessarily better, it doesn't look good on your resume, it simply makes you look like a professional student. Instead, forget the degrees and look for a low-tech computing startup job. (if that's what you w... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Information Management, Databases & Libraries |
| Scheherazade |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2008, 12:06 am
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Replies: 12
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| I keep making missteps in my career, but now, after finishing two degrees and being generally unhappy with the career options available to me (mostly administrative, managerial, soft skills blah) I'm starting to think I should do something more technical. Problem is I need to go back to get that tec... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Who here even listen to the DM song "Stripped" |
| Scheherazade |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2008, 2:36 pm
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| Heh, yeah, I'm more familiar with the Rammstein version, even though I'm probably a bigger fan of DM. Lyrics = let's get out of town and have sex. Also, let's be stripped of the pretenses of civilization and just be who we are, by nature. Come with me Into the trees We lay on the grass And let the h... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Anybody love old school EBM and Industrial? |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2008, 11:43 am
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Replies: 12
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| YES. Though NIN does have cred, and not just because Reznor's 90s style was a total imitation of 80s Nivek Ogre. :) Trent was also an early member of the supergroup Pigface, along with Ogre, Ministry's Martin Atkins, Bill Rieflin and Al Jourgensen, Chris Connelly, plus Black Francis, FM Einheit (Ein... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Writing, Literary analysis, and praise |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2008, 9:51 am
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Replies: 14
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| I don't know - I've found some friends who are writers and this has hugely, hugely boosted my confidence in my skill. But even like.. 6 months ago, in a writing class, I would think if people were giving my piece a large amount of praise it would be partly (1) there are some praise-worthy elements t... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Writing, Literary analysis, and praise |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2008, 9:49 am
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Replies: 14
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| Hi Sand. I think it's great that you've invented your own rhyme and rhythm - that's perhaps one of the benefits of relative isolation, that eventually you may start to innovate in ways other people have never considered. Workshops can be really useful and some can be a waste of time. It depends on t... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Writing, Literary analysis, and praise |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2008, 12:11 am
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| I've always been an avid reader but I think I can be pretty dense with literature sometimes. I understand symbolism and things that follow some system or model, but I find it difficult to really get into literary stories - classic or contemporary. I'm in a writing workshop right now, but I'm not ver... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Jaded & tired of the working world |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2008, 3:18 pm
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| Join the club, and welcome to the "real" world. Ahh yes. I've had jobs before and though there were things I disliked about them - stress, loss of free time, doing things you don't want to do - I still overall could see the positive in the experience. A day on the job was no worse than a day in hig... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Have you found the "right" job? |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2008, 9:22 pm
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Replies: 23
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| I think the ideal job will change often for us. I thought I had an ideal job for a while, but after a few years, the little things start to add up. Dealing with Nt's on a daily basis will inevitability end up with some tough scenarios and hurt feelings. I am about to (celebrate?) my 10th anniversar... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Why are all my role models male? |
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Posted: 28 May 2008, 1:48 am
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Replies: 18
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| BTW, sex doesn't sell in movies. It's negatively correlated with box office gross. I'm willing to bet it doesn't sell in books, either, but have no idea of how you'd test it (I have data for film). Hmm, that's probably true. But innuendo sure goes a long way. :) Look at basically every guy-oriented... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Pen Name |
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Posted: 28 May 2008, 1:41 am
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Replies: 15
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| My real name is pretty boring. Short and surprisingly common - I've never met someone with the same name, but there is a website with my name, and I can never get myname@ any email address carrier. I like my last name, so I'd always assumed I'd just trick-out my first name, extend it so that my real... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Why are all my role models male? |
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Posted: 27 May 2008, 2:11 am
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Replies: 18
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| Are you sure about that? Oftentimes female writers are required to publish under a male name because its believed that boys won't read their work if they know they are women. That's why harry potter was written by "J.K. Rawling" instead of "Joan Rawlings" And is that any surprise considering any go... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: How to fit hobby/obsessions into working life? |
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Posted: 27 May 2008, 1:36 am
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Replies: 10
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| If you're lucky you have a hobby or obsession that translates well to a career. But if not, you may be like me - trying to figure out how to balance your obsession with a less-than-obsession-worthy day job. In my case, my obsession (writing) could theoretically be lucrative, but it requires a lot of... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's your obsession? |
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Posted: 21 May 2008, 9:39 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,309
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| Do you have a special hobby, fixation, or obsession? What is it? Have you been preoccupied just for today, the last few months, or your whole life? |
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