Go Ahead, Contradict Yourself
My first ever counselling session. My first professional conference presentation. Defending my thesis. Pretty much any “first day on the job” I’ve ever had. Those last swollen seconds between “set” […]
Category Archives: Dave’s Diary
Calling It What It Is
“Passion” got a double treatment (Passion! Passion!) recently, so I thought I would move on to something with a slightly different flavour this time around: callings. What’s a calling? Researchers […]
Unpaid Internships: A Systemic Problem
It may sound paradoxical, but the ability to do an unpaid internship is a privilege. Yes, that’s right. If you can work for free, you’re lucky. But let me back […]
Passion With A “Small p”: The Whisky Story
Last week, I had quite a bit of fun examining what we mean in the career world when we use the word “passion.” In the process, I did some thinking […]
Passion: The Enduring Debate
I like to learn about the origins of words. Not only is such “word etymology” educational, it’s often both fascinating and startling to see how starkly the meanings of words […]
How To Say Goodbye At Work
Today I want to write about saying goodbye. It’s something I’ve done before (see post: “I’ll See You Around“), but recent experiences have inspired me to shed some more light […]
Do We Need A New Word For “Career?”
When a post like last week’s is as popular as it is (so far it’s definitely the most-read article I’ve written here), it’s rather difficult to know how to follow […]
Generation Jobless?
A little more than two years ago, I wrote a post titled “Academia vs. Students: Disconnected.” The post felt a little bit controversial as I voiced some criticisms of the […]
