On Job Hunting
They are jobs designed to kill jobs. I've been looking for work since early September. Now, I must admit, I'm not looking particularly hard. I'm not in any financial dire straits and at my age, with the number of years left where I'd want to put in a good day's work, I want to do something that I would enjoy. I want a job that will bring me joy. I've applied to countless jobs, looking for technical writing, though most of my applications seem to have fallen into a black hole. I've had only one interview, though as we started out, it became clear to me that the job wasn't particularly interesting and wouldn't bring me joy. Speaking of interviews, many job listings state that I would have an initial 15 to 20-minute interview with an AI tool, to which I say "no thanks." If a company can't use a real human, who can see the value that I bring to an organization and get an actual feeling about me, how can that company truly find people of qua...
