Things that depend on us and things that don't

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Journey to Success

It's all about having the right skills set.

The Rise of the Overdiplomaed

send-your-bourgeois-parents-on-a-guilt-trip.com should be a Thing.

The Real World

Happy half-anniversary Jess and Kevin!

How to avoid the real world:

A. Do a PhD
B. Do a PhD
C. Do a PhD
D. All of the above.

Congratulations! you are now a professional, fully-funded Real World Avoider!

Academia, Inc.

First published in TCS Lent Issue 7, 2010.

So poor Jenny didn't get a job with Accentuloitte-Coopers in the end and will be doing an MPhil this year which will make her even less employable by Accentuloitte-Coopers next year so she'll have to stay on to do a PhD and that will make her so unfashionably unemployable that she'll become an academic.

EPIC WIN!

The Oxbridge Game

First published in TCS Lent Issue 6, 2010

The Cambridge Game, Continued:

Dear Potential Employer,

I am convinced I would be a precious asset to your shamefully money-making thriving, world-renowned business. In addition to my two months of organised slavery in a bookshop extensive work experience in the marketing, sales and communication sections of a worldwide chain, I have gained at Cambridge the ability to bullshit my way through anything understand, argue and assess various points of view. I will be an attentive, passionate and arrogant motivated employee, and I am very eager to earn a six-figure salary bring my knowledge and experience to your company.

Respectfully yours,

S. Lacker, BA (Hons) (Cantab)