Perspective as a service
Part of succeeding in the real world is unlearning what school has taught you. This is especially true with writing. So what are some of the lessons writers need to unlearn? Forget minimum word counts. School teaches us to drag out our writing, to string audiences along as we inflate
Perspective as a service
So many of us have this habit of romanticizing great writing. We dream of the genius writers sitting alone at their desks, sipping on a cappuccino as the perfect words flow from their minds through their hands and onto the page. And so, when we sit down for our own
Perspective as a service
I started 2022 with a major career change. It was easy—all it took was applying to nearly 400 jobs in just under 3 months. 🗒️ Disclaimer: What follows is the story of the job search leading to my career change. This post is not a how-to. I do not claim
Perspective as a service
If you had to sum up in only a few sentences the WeWork debacle to someone unfamiliar with the situation, how would you do so? The following quote from The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion by Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell would be my
Perspective as a service
“It’s like putting together a puzzle.” That’s how my buddy explained oil and gas abstracting. “Does that sound like something you’d be interested in?” Yeah, I told him. I’ll give it a shot. I still had no idea what “abstracting” and “chain of title” and “runsheet”
Perspective as a service
I entered college knowing only that I wanted to write for a living. I had accepted that I wasn’t going to support myself on the paperback royalties of novels I would never write. Technical writing sounded unimaginative, and I’m not sure my university offered such a program anyway.