sometimes, but more often than not it can be arranged through a PR. i'm talking about shmarming up to people so they'll like you enough to feed you news tips -- perhaps -- one day. sometimes it makes me feel like i'm a ho.
its part of my job too, and a lot of times it means me skeezing up to some pretty hardcore lowlifes of various societies.
so in my head i just kinda picture like im a character in a movie or something, or the end results of the whole thing, or whatever. i get around it.
and i LOVE my job, even though i hate some of the people it forces me to be around. so how do you feel about your job overall?
Oct 03, 2007 03:39 PM
anonymous questioner says:
well, i guess i'm kinda starting to not like my job so much anymore, based on the need to network in it.
and i don't even do it that often -- i just know i "should" do it as it may improve my "job performance" but i really resent feeling that i never have enough private time. in the end, it just makes me think that i'm in the wrong job, though i know that almost any job involves shmoozing to some extent.
my problem is that 1) most of the men i talk to just want to get ASS while not being helpful at all on the news front 2) a lot of bonding takes place over late-night drinking/smoking, which i hate and 3) i hate the feeling that i'm constantly "begging" for news tips, or am like the uncool kid in school trying to get into the "cool" crowd and 4) i just plain need a lot of "me" time in general.
the whole thing makes me want to save up for a beach house, buy some cats + books, and live off the ocean forever, undisturbed..
most of it... when im working. sometimes its 12 hours a day, sometimes i can get away with not doing any at all (though those tend to be the days doing the paperwork for it all).
but my job isnt reporting... its quite different. but its along the same lines of trying to get the inside story...
i love my job for the results of it, even though sometimes doing it can be a chore...
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sometimes, but more often than not it can be arranged through a PR. i'm talking about shmarming up to people so they'll like you enough to feed you news tips -- perhaps -- one day. sometimes it makes me feel like i'm a ho.
its part of my job too, and a lot of times it means me skeezing up to some pretty hardcore lowlifes of various societies.
so in my head i just kinda picture like im a character in a movie or something, or the end results of the whole thing, or whatever. i get around it.
and i LOVE my job, even though i hate some of the people it forces me to be around. so how do you feel about your job overall?
well, i guess i'm kinda starting to not like my job so much anymore, based on the need to network in it.
and i don't even do it that often -- i just know i "should" do it as it may improve my "job performance" but i really resent feeling that i never have enough private time. in the end, it just makes me think that i'm in the wrong job, though i know that almost any job involves shmoozing to some extent.
my problem is that 1) most of the men i talk to just want to get ASS while not being helpful at all on the news front 2) a lot of bonding takes place over late-night drinking/smoking, which i hate and 3) i hate the feeling that i'm constantly "begging" for news tips, or am like the uncool kid in school trying to get into the "cool" crowd and 4) i just plain need a lot of "me" time in general.
the whole thing makes me want to save up for a beach house, buy some cats + books, and live off the ocean forever, undisturbed..
laner, how much of your time is spent networking?
most of it... when im working. sometimes its 12 hours a day, sometimes i can get away with not doing any at all (though those tend to be the days doing the paperwork for it all).
but my job isnt reporting... its quite different. but its along the same lines of trying to get the inside story...
i love my job for the results of it, even though sometimes doing it can be a chore...