I really respect your choices on how to approach politics. I envy them actually. This election particularly, character and gut feelings matter. This is less about convincing people rationally as it is checking in on the people in my life the only way I know how given my personality and the situation. But at its most basic trying to love and understand them the best I can. Which admittedly doesn't always work well and doesn't help me sleep at night.
On the job search, it's weird- I do know I won't fit every job description to a T, but I've really struggled even on what kind of job to search for. Partly because so much of my work has been with small companies where you wear a lot of hats, and partly because my strengths are sort of all over the map. I've got a lot of technical skills and the logical mindset to do small-a analysis, but not really the training to do big-a Analysis (like, data analytics). I'm good with words and have decades doing powerpoint presentations for when I taught, but I don't have the business degree that means I know what all the specific communications methodologies mean, let alone how to do them. And on down the list. It makes me a good employee because I see connections others wouldn't, but not such an obvious job *candidate*. More to the point, when I'm spending so much time looking for jobs it drives home the idea that I just don't fit in anywhere. I'm trying to keep it all in perspective -- work is not all that I am! -- but not entirely succeeding.
Thanks or the reminder though about being only 50% qualified on paper. It helps to see someone else say those words.
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Date: 2024-08-27 04:24 pm (UTC)On the job search, it's weird- I do know I won't fit every job description to a T, but I've really struggled even on what kind of job to search for. Partly because so much of my work has been with small companies where you wear a lot of hats, and partly because my strengths are sort of all over the map. I've got a lot of technical skills and the logical mindset to do small-a analysis, but not really the training to do big-a Analysis (like, data analytics). I'm good with words and have decades doing powerpoint presentations for when I taught, but I don't have the business degree that means I know what all the specific communications methodologies mean, let alone how to do them. And on down the list. It makes me a good employee because I see connections others wouldn't, but not such an obvious job *candidate*. More to the point, when I'm spending so much time looking for jobs it drives home the idea that I just don't fit in anywhere. I'm trying to keep it all in perspective -- work is not all that I am! -- but not entirely succeeding.
Thanks or the reminder though about being only 50% qualified on paper. It helps to see someone else say those words.