It’s an age-old problem: employers offering entry-level jobs at either insultingly low pay rates, or requiring an unreasonable amount of “experience” to then offer an insultingly low pay rate. As a “wise” elder millennial approaching the end of their twenties, I encountered this same paradox when I first entered the job market, and I’m unfortunately not surprised to see that … [Read more...] about How Gen Z’s Can Game the Job Market
Self-Improvement
Stressed About Work? 10 Helpful Ways to Deal With It
Stressed about work? We've all been there. For me, alternating being self-employment and scrappy startup environments has made stress a permanent fixture in my life. And being that we’re in the midst of a pandemic that has shaken our world, changed the way we work, and created a far more uncertain job market, I know that I’m not the only one who deals with it day in and day … [Read more...] about Stressed About Work? 10 Helpful Ways to Deal With It
5 Ways to Increase Your Self-Confidence
One of the greatest plights amongst young people in the modern era is chronically low self-confidence. As someone who struggled with this hindrance for the better part of their twenties, I know just how crippling and defeating it can be in the context of everyday life. We are the most publicized generation in the history of humanity, constantly being inundated with the … [Read more...] about 5 Ways to Increase Your Self-Confidence
5 Tips for Sneaking Exercise Into Your Day
We all want abs, or at least a flat stomach. We all also lead busy lives--lives that leave little time for the main ingredient of abs and flat stomachs: Exercise. So here are 5 (count ‘em, five!) tips for how you can work a little bit of exercise into your everyday routine. 1. Maximize your time-to-calories-burned ratio Reserving an hour, or more, for leisurely cardio … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Sneaking Exercise Into Your Day
How to Condition Your Mind for Learning
If you’re like me, you spent your COVID quarantine picking up new hobbies and adopting fun new skills. I learned how to make pasta … and pizza … and sourdough bread (which was a popular one, according to Facebook). I also looked into taking on some professional skills to further my career--Bootstrap, Javascript, Python & Django--various web development and … [Read more...] about How to Condition Your Mind for Learning