Half-baked opinions, served lukewarm.
So the job hunt is finally over, I start in two weeks as a Personal Staffer up on the hill.
And so begins a new chapter in my life, no more Marine Corps, to the Hill I go. Why does that sound like the end of a fairy tale.
Bottom line… I got a phat job with money benefits and I’m gonna be all kinds of importnat ‘n stuff.
Sweet.
(thanks guys for the advice, I removed all the “juicy stuffy”)
So the job hunt is finally over, I start in two weeks as a Personal Staffer up on the hill.
And so begins a new chapter in my life, no more Marine Corps, to the Hill I go. Why does that sound like the end of a fairy tale.
Bottom line… I got a phat job with money benefits and I’m gonna be all kinds of importnat ‘n stuff.
Sweet.
(thanks guys for the advice, I removed all the “juicy stuffy”)
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The Other Shoe Drops
And here the other shoe drops. Congrats Kevin! We should all be jealous. How many of us get to work on the Hill in our 20s?
On a serious note, for your own protection, DO NOT POST ANY INFORMATION PERTAINING TO YOUR JOB ON THIS SITE. Over the past 12 months, there’ve been blogs by political aides that have gotten them in serious trouble, including the now-famous Sex Blogger.
Save the juicy stuff for over some beers!
Very important
I can’t emphasize how important this is. Not just to preserving a job, but also to preserving your familial well-being. In just the past 18 months, I have caught heat for posting company-related information on the blog. Though the information in question was in no way, shape, or form something that could be construed as a violation of NDA, it did not reflect well upon them and they objected. In the interest of preserving good relations with them, I removed specific references to the company in question.
Even earlier, what tended to happen was that relatives would visit my blog, realize that I had some political or religious belief with which they disagreed, and call to complain to my wife about it. Given my moderate political and religious point of view (liberal on many things, conservative on some things), and my family’s extremely conservative stance, well… suffice to say she didn’t enjoy receiving those phone calls.
The philosophy I try to follow in my postings now is “Imagine every word you say sitting on the desk of your boss”. That’s really how it is — so being circumspect is a good idea 🙂 Then again, there is something to be said for an employer who knows you run a blog, has read it, and hires you anyway.
—
Matthew P. Barnson
Ask Gov’r…
Yeah,
<Said Employer> just had to fire a longtime aide becuase he was discussing rumors Martin O’Malley had an affair on the internet.
Don’t even email anything like such. Over beers is exactly the way to do it.
But enjoy it, keep notes on everything so you can write that great book someday.
My $.02 Weed
EDIT by matthew: Decided to honor Kev’s apparent wishes by removing references to employer in question. Not like people couldn’t figure it out if they wanted to, based on other references on this web site, but wanted to make it less obvious in the inevitable search engine results.
You da man!
This is really exciting. And since Georgetown Law is two blocks down the road from the Hill, Kev and I can meet for beers and ogle young female Congressional staffers before going home to our breathtakingly beautiful wives (just added in case either of them read this).
— Ben Schuman Mad, Mad Tenor