My best bet is that the author's voice belongs to a fiction character. Otherwise it's hard to reconcile the purported story of utter and unending failure with t

My best bet is that the author's voice belongs to a fiction character. Otherwise it's hard to reconcile the purported story of utter and unending failure with the rich, sophisticated language, the lack of even a single mention of money (the dearth thereof), and the absence of depressed, bitter mood anywhere. I'll avoid opening the author's LinkedIn profile though! :-D