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If you see it as an opportunity, that's almost a couple dozen pages--including a cover page, appendix, and index, of course--to reflect on yourself for free. N
by turtleyacht 2y ago
If you see it as an opportunity, that's almost a couple dozen pages--including a cover page, appendix, and index, of course--to reflect on yourself for free.
No reason it could not be expanded later to motivate other projects.
Literally people are asking to read something you wrote, as a captive audience. Already made the sale (at least the first few pages).
I would have had the same knee-jerk reaction a decade ago, when words were cheap and life long. Now there is less time for everything.
- h2odragon 2y agoI have an opportunity to cut down about an acre of scrub trees, if you're interested. Healthy physical activity, in the lovely summer weather, with a chance to closely observe the flora and fauna of a vigorous subtropical jungle environment.
- turtleyacht 2y agoYou're a prolific commenter and I always appreciate your insight. Hopefully I will have something more substantial someday--not just a comment, but an honest, tech-worthy submission :)
- h2odragon 2y agoif i may advise: hunt for passion before audience. find something that moves you to write well, then it becomes much easier to see who might want to read it.
- BossingAround 2y agoHow is it "for free?" Do you need Canonical and 20-page essay to reflect about your high school achievements? Or can I bill canonical for my work on the insane 10+ round interview process?
- turtleyacht 2y agoThe exercise of writing the work has intrinsic value. Having kept a blog or journal, material could be collected from that. > bill Canonical... insane... Well, that's a separate question. I'm not sure. But 10+ rounds seems excessive.
- BossingAround 2y ago> The exercise of writing the work has intrinsic value. Nobody's disputing that. But why do I need Canonical to do it? And why do I need to submit the work to Canonical for my interview? To me, this'd be an indicator of how Canonical is going to treat my time in the future. If they don't care about me doing hours of free work for their silly interview games (while I have a full-time job, family, and daily responsibilities), I can infer that they most likely won't care about my well-being if faced with overtime on site.