Except for reblogging this one a few times, I will probably start positing a lot about other things, and tone down the posts on the job searching stuff. I’m going to revise and consolidate some of the resume type posts I’ve done in the hope that someone knows some leads (even suggestions on what types of jobs to apply for, or keywords to look for in job listings would be helpful).
I people think this is too long, I can put more of it behind the read more.
It would be very helpful if people reblogged this, on the hope that it eventually gets seen by someone who knows someone who could hire me, or at least provide feedback and advice (even more general career advice would be very helpful).
I recently moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and am staying with various people until things settle down. (for the backstory, see my parents tag, and my job notes tag). I’m kind of interested as a dream job something in the IT or tech field (although I have relatively few formal credentials in this, but lots of knowledge gained as a hobbyist). But I am very flexible in what type of opportunity I could take, as I am primarily wanting to get a decent job quickly. With my main goal being to get some degree of a solid income, and enough financial stability.
But here are some of my skillsets
Education: I recently graduated with a dual degree Bachelor of Science in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from the University of Arizona. (posting this here because of its relevance to some advice that people may have) I have a GRE score of 170/99th percentile on verbal reasoning, 159/73rd percentile on quantitative reasoning, and 4.5/82nd percentile on writing.
Writing/Communication/Standard Office Skills: I am a very strong writer, and have good over-all communication skills. A rhetorical analysis essay I wrote placed second in the University of Arizona’s 2013 essay contest and was featured in the textbook, A Student’s Guide to First-Year Writing. I trained and worked as a preceptor (similar role as a teaching assistant) for an Honors College English class, Advanced Analytical Writing and Thinking. Of course, I have experience with the usual standard business/office software. I was a tutor at an university disability center
Tech/Programming: I have substantial knowledge in both IT and programming. I probably know enough for entry level sysadmin/helpdesk jobs. As a hobbyist, I have managed servers and VPSes running software including NGINX, Apache, and MySQL, and I have solid entry level knowledge of the administration of LAMP servers. So, I have a good entry level skillset there. I also have good understanding of the UNIX/Linux command line. I have used Python/R scripting a lot in research internships. Have also taken four computer science classes. Probably, I know enough coding for it to be a supplemental skillset for other jobs, but not enough to be an actual programmer as a primary job task.
Geography/GIS: I am a geography major, I have knowledge of ArcGIS and QGIS, and knowledge of remote sensing methods and spatial statistics/analysis.This is probably my largest formal job skill. The only paid work I had while in college was a year long internship at a lab, where I looked into the carbon residence time of plants in an ecosystem in Southern Arizona using in large part remote sensing methods. Its less job skill relevant, but a large share of my coursework in geography is in human geography, and environmental geography/biogeography.
Biology: I studied a field-emphasis subset of biology, and have very little lab experience but from classes I do have basic lab skills, and basic familiarity with things like PCR and gel electrophoresis. Also, I have knowledge about environmental science (including the policy side like NEPA and Endangered Species Act, having taken a course particularly focusing on environmental law).
Constraints/Disabilities: I do not have a drivers license, so, I am reliant on mass transit. I have issues with visual spatial coordination and accurate handwriting, and can not draw accurately.
@theopjones is a good person looking to get out of a tough, abusive situation. Your inquiry to someone you know about a job opening or even a simple reblog could have a major positive impact on their life.
this reactionary running for congress is literally tweeting lists of jewish enemies what the fuck!!
a couple notes about this specimen:
He’s running in the Republican primary for Wisconsin’s 1st congressional district against Paul Ryan.
This is his second race. He ran against Ryan in 2016 and got trounced by something like 70 to 80 points (and if you think that still sounds like he did better than he had any right to, remember that was a GOP primary in the Year of Trump we’re talking about).
While there’s no indication he’d do any better against Ryan this time around, rumors that Paul Ryan won’t seek reelection have been quietly swirling for the last few months, in which case there is a not at all implausible chance this crypto-Nazi could wind up being the next Republican nominee WI-1.
Wisconsin politics is a mess, even by the standards of the United States in 2018.
this reactionary running for congress is literally tweeting lists of jewish enemies what the fuck!!
this dude’s campaign page has a ‘stand up to hate’ page in which he basically complains about people calling him a nazi (gee i wonder why?), labeling his campaign a #NoCuckZone
he’s not even an independent, he’s an actual republican candidate
‘fucked’ would be too weak of a word to describe american politics right now
At first I wanted to kill him. But now I’m glad I’ve spent the time to get to know him. Yeah, of course he looks delicious with his big red cheeks. But we’ve all got an agreement that we’re not going to eat Stu. Right? Right.
how about this: when i was 9 and my stepdad beat me until i passed out and i told my friends at school, my teacher over heard and i was interviewed by cps. they also went to my house when i was at school. when i got home, my step father was waiting on the couch, and told me who visited him that day. he told me if i ever snitched again he would beat me to within an inch of my life.
how about this: my mother locked me out of the house when i was 14 and when i cried so loud the neighbors called the cops, the cop told me i should have been respectful of my mother who was trying to sleep.
how about this. the demon you know is less scary than the demon you don’t.
children in abused households are raised to fear the idea of being taken away. children in abusive households see that help makes things worse.
dont you ever blame an abuse victim for not going to the authorities.
yes this okay to reblog!
The people that are supposed to help are often as bad as the ones who hurt you
The Environmental Protection Agency is looking to fix what it calls the “broken” process of balancing pesticide approvals with endangered species protections, which conservationists have warned could be the start of eroding key protections under the Endangered Species Act.
“The current Endangered Species Act pesticide consultation process is broken,” said EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt in announcing a new interagency working group with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. Their goal is to fix the system which ensures endangered species aren’t harmed when approving the use of new pesticides.
The working group comes after the White House announced it will be taking actions to streamline environmental permitting and siting requirements as part of Trump’s infrastructure agenda.
The EPA said the new cooperation on endangered species comes at a “critical time” when the agency is looking to complete 700 pesticide registrations over the next four years.
“Today, the Trump Administration is taking action to improve and accelerate this process, harmonize interagency efforts, and create regulatory certainty for America’s farmers and ranchers,” Pruitt continued. Farmers and ranchers are principal users of pesticides.
The consultation process that Pruitt wants to improve falls under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, which requires all agencies to consult with federal wildlife regulators on the effects of any actions, specifically pesticide approvals, which could harm animals protected under the law.
The thing that I hate about atheism as a movement is that it doesn’t just want to critique the hegemony of Western Christianity, it wants to kill spirituality. There is no joy, there is nothing about it that isn’t founded in a pessimism that sees itself as so self-important that it cannot exist outside of destruction. The face of atheism is a white male disgruntled ex-Christian who decided that if he can’t find joy in religion, then nobody else can. There’s a leftover missionary sensibility to “enlighten” people to atheism that exposes itself as racist, antisemitic, and islamophobic, that’s ultimately not unlike the dominance exerted through colonial Christianity
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