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Frustration Friday: Curse of the Awful Resumes

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One of my great arch nemeses are the Archetypically Bad Resumes, or ABRs for short.  They're out there, mocking me and in general screwing up the resumes of decent people who see the ABRs and take them for templates.

You're out there, ABRs, somewhere.  You have to be because the only way I can explain some of the awful resumes I've seen, some of the terrible advice I've seen people follow, is that out there there must be some universally awful resumes that innocent people have used as examples.

It's the only logical explanation . . . OK it's not logical really. I'm ranting.  But honestly, when I see bad resumes or see people having problems with resumes it's almost always the same things.  It's like there's some mind-controlling Platonic Lousy Resumes out there burrowing into people's minds.

Seriously.  The bad resumes I see or the mistakes people make always seem to be the same ones.  It's gone beyond amusing in that painful human folly sense to downright creepy.

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Frustration Friday: Show Me The Bunker

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As of late, I'm seeing more apocalyptic thought, often from people I figure were immune to the "world is ending" panics and fads.  A lot of this seems to have been brought on by the financial meltdown, but there's usually a bit more science to them; environmental concerns, Peak Oil, and so forth.  There's usually some conspiracy theories thrown in here and there, completely ignoring people's ability to be rock stupid without someone nefarious pulling their strings.

I'm not saying there are problems in the world; there are.  Now as this blog is about careers and economics, the meltdown of the entire world is relevant to me, as you're going to have trouble programming video games in the future hellscape that some people are predicting.

Here's the problem: I see a lot of posturing but little talk of solutions or, at best, how the person ranting about the fall of mankind is going to survive.

In short, if you think the world is doomed, show me your bunker or shut up.  Because otherwise, you're just posturing and whining about the economy, the environment, or whatever.

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