If it's a recession when your neighbor loses his job, and a depression when you lose yours, the depression just ended for the McArdle-Suderman household. Peter has accepted a Koch fellowship* to work at Reason for the next eleven months, and today's his first day.
Oddly, the stock market does not seem to have gotten the message that the depression is over. So I thought this blog post might help.
* Yes, that Koch. No, I had no idea when I wrote about them that he would be applying for a fellowship. We both thought he'd have a job by now. But journalism seems second only to auto manufacturing in job losses during this recession; by our count, about 20% of our friends have lost jobs in the last six months.
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It's not datum? Seriously, congrats on your boyfriend getting a new gig. Maybe now your mood will improve, and you'll start to see more "green shoots" -- and in posting about them, you'll increase positive sentiment. Well, maybe not, but it can be fun to extrapolate.
Congratulations to your household! I know there are people out there that think the Brothers Koch are the devil incarnate, but from what I can tell they are principled capitalists that strongly believe in the programs they fund... Charles Koch's "Science of Success" is still my favorite management book. For all the celebration of people like Jack Welch, Steve Jobs, or any number of high profile CEO's, I don't think you'll find anyone whose body of work is as impressive as Charles Koch's. Check out the Koch Industries website to read Charles Koch's take on the economy, government intervention, and how it applies to KII.
One of my friends is applying to the fall IHS journalism fellowship. Any tips on applying successfully?
Mazel Tov!
Good for him, and sadly, I feel its many of the young journalists who lose their jobs so that the senior stenographers can keep their lavish lifestyles...not to sound all commie or anything. That's just how it strikes me.
Ah, good for you guys.
Now, I just hope that his next employers are not the children of a founding member of the John Birch Society. Zing!
Seriously, though, congratulations.
Congrats to Peter :-)
First, congratulations!
And second, the plural of anecdote is not data.
So, have you registered your patterns yet?