The takeaway here is to realize that interviewing, like many other interactions, has layers to it as each participant has their own motivations and intentions.

You change over time. So do your professional needs (along with your personal and physical ones). Ideally we're able to adjust our career to meet those needs as they evolve.

Desus walks through his entire professional journey which includes dead rat disposal, domain name brokering, strip club management, and eventually comedy host.

I'm starting to think we're never going to get back to "normal." Between the pandemic, inflation, the not-recession, the impending(?) recession, money no longer being free, the rise of remote work and the backlash, DEI progress/lip service and now the backlash, corporate consolidation, the death of rational politics and discourse, AI, and any other number of things, things are definitely different than Before.

As you're thinking about your career, think bigger than just tactics. There is no magical resume, cover letter, or LinkedIn profile that's going to do all of the work for you. Those are all extensions of responses to big, meaty, sometimes existential questions.

Even though your first job might not be immediately relevant to your current work, there are still helpful lessons to be gained if you look for them.

An idea originally proposed for managing chronic illnesses might help you more sustainably tackle your job search.

An overview of how the modern job market has devolved despite tools making everything better, faster, and more efficient.

Money may be the real reason you work but that's not the answer to give when it comes up in an interview.

Tips for how to share your excitement and enthusiasm in an interview setting (esp. when you aren't naturally expressive)