“What do you do?” a man in his 50s asked me while in a crowded bar. “I’m a filmmaker. I write, produce and act in my own projects,” I replied. “So, you think you will be successful at that?” “I don’t think, I know,” I said confidently. “So, you think you’re special?” I considered that…
A few weeks ago, we had a student email WayUptoask about her next career move. I just realized Im not committed to a job I signed up for. What should I do? Weve all been there. You were so excited to get hired and kill it at your new role, but things didnt quite work…
In a recent interview with German newspaper Tagesspiegel, artist Marina Abramovic suggested that having children would have ruined her creativity. “I had three abortions because I was certain that it would be a disaster for my work,” she said. “One only has limited energy in the body, and I would have had to divide it.”…
With over 1.5 billion active accounts, Facebook get their hands on a ludicrous amount of data about us all. In between all the viral videos and drunken photos we share, Facebook can gain some pretty interesting insights from this goldmine of information. In a recent blog post, some of the data scientists at Facebook Research…
Remember how nervous and excited you were when you started your job? Remember those butterflies in your stomach when walking into work on your first day? Remember how energized you felt by that nervousness and excitement, and how silly it seems now when you look back at it? But didn’t it feel great to be…