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theres a reason this is colloquially referred to as toilet paper
do you have any real world skills? i know many people in professional careers that do not match their degrees, but they had to start at the literal bottom (cleaning,answering phones, etc) making minimum wage until they proved they were more competent than the people who generally take those jobs.
No one thinks like this or uses this term.
you should visit the Southern U.S., lol
Iβm here dawg. No one thinks like this.
huh, I would guess that the majority of people where I live in the South think this way. It's repeated dogma from teachers, parents, etc. - there are literally billboards along the roadways talking about how useless university degrees are and advertising for trade schools and certificate programs.
Maybe different state and different environment? I have encountered people like this but rarely. I feel theyβre more a loud minority. There are plenty of dumb billboards the more south you go on the interstate but people paying for billboards doesnβt equal majority opinion.
Are you saying billboards directly saying university is pointless or just advertising trade school?
One billboard said:
or something like that. It jives with the general opinion. I do live in a very conservative place, so maybe like you're saying it's a matter of where in the South you are. I'm sure in a major city like Atlanta that's not a common attitude, for example.
no thanks
those instincts will keep you alive
I'm not afraid to die.
But that kind of humidity... would make me want to.
I have over five years of writing and editing experience and three years of customer service experience. I have taken several AI courses, and I am currently taking some coding courses, mainly because I'm interested in coding, but it also looks good on a resume.
Ohhh. As someone who also went through an editing program recently, yeah, I think AI has taken a lot of those jobs. Are you a member of any editing guilds like the EFA (if in the US)? They seem to have more one-off jobs for freelancers, but there was a regional guild I was part of that posted more corporate editing jobs, which maybe sounds more like what you're looking for. But right after AI got big it quickly became apparent that even the experienced freelancers were having a hard time getting steady work. I wish you luck. At least you have a good chunk of experience. I gave up because I didn't have any.
I didn't know about editing guilds. I'll take a look at the EFA and other similar guilds and see what I can find. Even if I can't find steady work, from what I understand, at least I connect with other editors. Thank you for sharing that information!
What is your BA in?
What utter bull π