You could always say you are this guy.
http://www.business.wsu.edu/overview/news/dividend/2004/new-heights/chuck-munson.html
If you are interested in writing, trade magazines are actually a good place to do it. They can pay decently and even if its not the most interesting work, its a foot in the door and usually leads to other things.
> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:42:37 -0600> From: chuck at mutualaid.org> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Google discrimination and radical politics> > Jim Farmelant wrote:> > > Sort of like deja vu, all over again. I seem> > to recall that we discussed this issue back in> > February, and at that time, I suggested that> > you might have lost out on a job opportunity back> > then because a prospective employer might> > have Googled you and they took exception> > to what they had seen. (Of course> > they might have read the Wikipedia article on> > you too:> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Munson)> > Right. The thing is that potential employers will be googling me under > my real name, which brings up much different results than if they google > my nickname.> > > The fact is, it is pretty much standard practice> > now a days for employers to Google job candidates> > as part of the hiring process. > > http://secretsofthejobhunt.blogspot.com/2007/10/latest-stats-on-googling-> > candidates.html> > Yeah, I was afraid of that. You have to wonder how many people are > losing out on jobs because employers found information about a person > which is actually information about another person.> > > That obviously puts those of us who have been posting> > on the Internet for years under our own names on> > controversial topics at a possible disadvantage in> > the job search. There is no simple solution to> > this. > > In my case, there is little I can do. I've been posting using my real > name online for around 15 years, so I've left a long paper trail. > Perhaps I should have opted for the standard anarchist practice of > writing under an assumed name.> > > I am sure you have heard this advice before,> > but your best chance for getting a new job is to> > network , network, network. You undoubtedly know> > people. or know people who know people,> > that might be looking to hire a good web> > developer. I am sure that given your associations> > with the Alternative Media Project and Infoshop> > and all that, you must have lots of contacts; more> > than most people. You have to start leveraging> > them. > > Right. But I'm horrible at sales and hustling new clients. This is why I > went to library school and didn't pursue an art career.> > Networking may land me more consulting jobs, but I'd run into the same > Google discrimination problem if I try for full time jobs.> > I'm very tempted at this point to just aggressively pursue a more > unconventional career of doing freelance and consulting IT work part > time and doing other things which pay the bills and broaden my options.> > I'm also seriosuly thinking about pursuing a more professional writing > career. That doesn't pay well, but at least you can write for > publications that don't give a damn about your Google reputation. I've > also been thinking about pursuing the things I need to become a > part-time handyman. Stuff like being bonded and so on.> > My situation is so weirdly unique that it's hard for me to get advice > about what I should pursue. I've ruled out returning to college. I've > considered going to law school, becoming an art teacher, or becoming an > academic in some field. But that would require years of work and funds > that I don't have. The prospect of finding work after returning to > school is pretty sketchy. It seems to me that it would make more sense > to learn more programming and new technology and pursue a job that pays > well. But then I'm back to the problem with full time jobs and employers > who Google discriminate.> > It's sooo fucked up. Can we have the revolution now?> > Chuck> ___________________________________> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk
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