Me in 2020: well, seems like journalism is not panning out for me maybe I'll go lie low in academia for a little while to figure out next moves
Me in 2024: lol, lmao
Should I pivot to working in oil and gas next because it seems like by the time I show up to an industry it starts getting murdered
@ingrid do “law enforcement” next!
@ingrid Ask me about my time in 1) the live music industry, 2) libraries, 3) bespoke web development and 4) freelance writing
@ingrid but doctor,
@ingrid Recalling the late, much-missed sf author Howard Waldrop who had an admitted track-record of killing magazines. Half a dozen times in his career, he’d sell a story to a magazine/anthology, and the issue in which it was published would be the last one.
@ingrid let’s sell cigarettes to children
Oh my God I am the RIP Corp