#this is the wildest epiphany season i've ever had. they're just coming in left right and center

[maculategiraffe]

just had a blinding epiphany about the job search process. this whole time I have been thinking it is about demonstrating I am a good candidate for the position to someone who is qualified to decide that. and that is not true at all. it's just like the doctor thing. all the jobs are too fucking stupid to know what a valuable asset I would be to their company so my job is to put on a little act and do a little dance and trick them into hiring me so I can do them the favor of working for them even though they're too stupid to hire me without being tricked. wow I feel way better about the whole thing now. let's do this