Jobs
A Developer Looks in a Mirror
In Aeon, a developer reflects on the value of what he does. (Thanks to Katherine, Jon, and The Awl for the pointers, and putting this on our weekend reading list!)
Why Won’t Anyone Hire Me?
I don’t understand how I have such bad luck. Everyone I know is getting jobs, and I’ve been applying for jobs for over a year and I’ve gotten no jobs. Interviews, but no jobs. Statistically it seems impossible that I haven’t had one single job offer. Is it impossible?
Creatives in Business
Fast Company’s list of the 100 most creative people in business includes people like data genius Nate Silver, and Liz Muller the director of concept design at Starbucks, but we’re more interested in numbers 13. Connie Britton and 80. Callie Khouri because Nashville is on hiatus until the second season begins next fall and we’ll take what we can get for now.
Defaulting to Transparency
At Buffer, “a 10-person startup that allows users to schedule social media updates,” founder Joel Gascoigne earns $118,000 a year and he’s perfectly okay that everyone in his company knows that. That’s because Gascoigne has a policy of “defaulting to transparency” which means all 10 of the employees at his company knows what everyone is earning—each person’s salary is posted to an internal wiki.
Some Numbers From Some People
Over at Reddit: “Since it’s taboo to ask IRL, what do you guys do and how much do you make? How much do you have saved up?” Devoid of context, most of the answers aren’t that interesting and are actually kind of frustrating to me, but if you’re in the mood for a little bit of voyeurism but not a lot of voyuerism, havvvvveeee at it.
PTO in the USA
Pacific Standard is reminding us that the vacation policies in the U.S. could be vastly improved, and although Congressman Alan Grayson Paid Vacation Act is unlikely to pass, we should start thinking about how to improve our time-off practices (though we’re still better off than Japan).
Help I Hate My Job
Quitting your job won’t fix your life.
