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I've been at the Science Center all summer, since the Burke changed to a whole new collection database. What was supposed to be 2 weeks off, not able to touch the catalog so we could migrate all the data to the new database, turned into a three-month-long SNAFU. It was nice that PacSci was able to give me the hours I needed, and it was very nice only working one job. I was even able to take a bunch of weekends off so that Chris and I could go on a wedding marathon (three friends getting married, three weeks in a row)! But, I'm going back to the Burke this week and am very much looking forward to doing something that involves more brainpower than asking if someone wants to add an IMAX to their entry fee.
I'm a little burnt out on the Burke, though. I'm burnt out on museums again. In late June I had another interview, this time for a membership position with the same group of people, and it went extremely well. And I didn't get it. Again. I emailed one of the interviewers, asking if there was anything I needed to work on to be a more appealing candidate, but she insisted I'd been great. It all came down to experience.
There is always someone with more experience than me.
I am starting to look for jobs outside my field, but so far I haven't been able to apply to any. I keep flashing back to UniFirst. Remember my awful first office job? I could definitely do that job now, no problem, Hell what I did at OMSI was practically the same. But, I'm so terrified that I'll end up getting fired like that again if I'm not in a field I care about. At the same time I can barely bring myself to apply for jobs in my field, because I look at the descriptions and think, "Fuck it, there's just going to be someone with more experience than me."
I turn 30 in less than two weeks. Thirty. Thirty. I'm still on my parents' phone plan and car insurance, and if Chris didn't pay for half my groceries I don't know how I'd eat. At this point my apartment is the only form of independence I can claim. I'm so sick of this.
Something has to change, but I have no idea how to make it happen.
I'm a little burnt out on the Burke, though. I'm burnt out on museums again. In late June I had another interview, this time for a membership position with the same group of people, and it went extremely well. And I didn't get it. Again. I emailed one of the interviewers, asking if there was anything I needed to work on to be a more appealing candidate, but she insisted I'd been great. It all came down to experience.
There is always someone with more experience than me.
I am starting to look for jobs outside my field, but so far I haven't been able to apply to any. I keep flashing back to UniFirst. Remember my awful first office job? I could definitely do that job now, no problem, Hell what I did at OMSI was practically the same. But, I'm so terrified that I'll end up getting fired like that again if I'm not in a field I care about. At the same time I can barely bring myself to apply for jobs in my field, because I look at the descriptions and think, "Fuck it, there's just going to be someone with more experience than me."
I turn 30 in less than two weeks. Thirty. Thirty. I'm still on my parents' phone plan and car insurance, and if Chris didn't pay for half my groceries I don't know how I'd eat. At this point my apartment is the only form of independence I can claim. I'm so sick of this.
Something has to change, but I have no idea how to make it happen.