Reply To: DW Community Catch-up Thread

Glad you had a fun time in New Orleans. Hope you didn’t melt.

I’d not say the job hunt has been great. It has been a fairly casual search over the past year and quite underwhelming. I work to live, so that may be why. I don’t think I’ll ever be like, OMG – I’d GET to do this job? I truly cannot wait for pay transparency laws to go into effect here (in January) since I’ve encountered multiple jobs that I’ve learned in the process wouldn’t even match my current salary and barring a situation where I involuntarily lose my job, am not interested in entertaining a pay cut. Or there have been a few jobs that as I’ve learned more, realized weren’t for me. I’ve also gotten ghosted quite a bit (even after making it to the final round of interviews, which feels beyond rude). Like it’s all okay, I’m okay where I am for the time being, but it’s also not great. But on the bright side I’ve regained a level of comfort talking about myself, my strengths, the value I bring, etc. I have another phone interview on Friday but have my suspicions the salary will be low. We’ll find out!

I cannot with crew socks. The crew socks + New Balance combo are literally what my dad used to wear on vacation. And I already tend to end summers with sports bra, short, and shoe tan lines from jogging, so I don’t feel the need to have that tan line be a crew sock tan line. There are some trends that I like and would try (like longline vests) and others I’m happy to participate in again (“flare leggings” and flared jeans), but I don’t see myself jumping on the crew sock trend.