The Construct
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Posts Tagged ‘Career’
Valued opinion
In: Work
3 May 2009
One career drawback of working from home is that it takes its toll on the social aspect of one’s life and career. As for career advancement, who knows when the recession will end or, God forbid, another dotcom bubble [...]
The profitability of English Studies
28 Apr 2009I might have been brash to attack my own (dying) degree but reality does affirm that English Studies (BAES, UP Diliman) has zero profitability. Survey the graduates of our batch and not one (aside from those who are teaching) has found a field to which the core concepts of the program can be applied. Most [...]
Operation: Big Bucks
In: Money| Politics and Society| Work
14 Mar 2009Author’s Note: Rant alert. This piece was written with rage. Read on at your own risk.
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- Tags: Career, Nvinium, Personal, Rant, Unforgiven War, Work
Will you still have a job tomorrow?
In: Work
27 Jan 2009It’s quite scary when you hear about the thousands of lost jobs these days. It makes you think about the stability of any job position in whichever industry. I have previously posed a question of whether the the economic crunch will have IT freelancers turning their sights inward to the local markets or not. [...]
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- Tags: Business, Career, Jobs, Work
Rant on the “futility” of staying in the Philippines
In: Money| Politics and Society| Work
1 Feb 2007It seems like I haven’t really detached myself from my idealistic roots. Four sleepless months and 160 pages of social commentary and critical discourse analysis does that to you.
I’ll be speaking to young kids tomorrow about the learning resources on the Web and how to maximize them. I’m still thinking of what kind of [...]
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- Tags: Abroad, Career, Money, Opinion, Politics and Society, Rant, Work
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Hi! I'm Alex, a 20-something blogger writing about the discourses of social media. Once in a while I still let slip posts about the mundane, the asinine, and the trivial. Feel free to contact me.
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