A late May batch of links
Since the most recent batch of links went out, paying subscribers received a reflection on how to find your people, followed by an essay about setting people free. This coming weekend, they will enjoy a meditation on why I exiting Twitter at the top of this calendar year.
Below, you’ll find a batch of links that represent the themes of this newsletter: career development, community building, and self care.
Where Have All My Deep Male Friendships Gone? I loved this essay, particularly this part: “For example, I’ve become less and less willing to tell my friends when I’m sad and suffering, because I don’t want them to see me as soft and needy. But I’ve also become more hesitant to reach out to them, even when I know they are sad and suffering, because I’m afraid of seeming intrusive, or making them feel soft and needy.”
The Newark airport crisis is about to become everyone’s problem.
Buying 100% Made in America Is Really, Really Hard. These People Are Trying. This seems like the kind of thing you commit to doing as shtick, not because you’re passionate about the cause. Still, it’s a great time to be performing shtick that appeals to and caters to what others are thinking about anew.
Could the right question bring some magic to your meetings?
Wall Street vs private equity: can anyone stop the grad recruitment creep? This sentiment is really something: “While banks have leaned on ethical concerns as grounds for their objections, there is also a hint of resentment that they train graduates up then watch them go to buyout groups and private capital firms, some of which have become direct competitors as well as clients.” If you’re doing a good job training someone, and you wish to keep them, then they won’t have any reason to leave you, even if approached.
One chart sums up the job search bitterness we've heard from 750 people who are looking for work. The conventional process we have in place to follow amid a job search is so irreparably broken that it would be better to shut it all down and to try something else. The hiring managers and the recruiters need to be better incentivized to go at this differently. What’s going on now doesn’t make an iota of sense.
A Drop in Foreign Tourists Could Cost Jobs and Dent the Economy.
The death of sneaky fees. It’s crazy to consider that we’ve all grown accustomed to seeing one price listed next to an item and then a totally different cost at checkout. Just because we’ve been conditioned to expect it doesn’t mean that it should be the regular occurrence.
American Homes Are Shrinking. Why Are They Still So Unaffordable?
Millions of Americans hit with bad credit after missed student loan payments.
The rise in student loan delinquencies and subsequent drop in credit scores, economists say, is an early sign that Americans are under increasing financial strain. In interviews, borrowers said their household budgets had changed since 2020, when many of them last made regular payments toward their student loans. Higher costs for groceries, utilities, gas and other necessities have stretched them thin, making it tougher to shoulder new loan payments.
Young Investors Have Time on Their Side as They Navigate a Tricky Economy.
This runner was bothered by blizzard of disposable cups at races. She invented something better. This is really a testament to someone being bothered enough to do something about it: “Now, she rents out the cups by the thousand, driving them to events in massive totes and leaving bins with the company logo for collection after use. Smithe picks up the used cups and washes them in a proprietary dishwasher.”
Scams can cost victims more than their money. Here’s how to recover emotionally from fraud.
Cash-strapped recent college grads: These are 10 of the most affordable U.S. cities to live that also have low unemployment rates. In these difficult times, it makes sense for entry-level workers to move to cities that are proven to have jobs available to them. The issue, of course, is that where there are known to be jobs, there’s also bound to be demand, which means higher cost of living that goes along with it. I am nervous already for a generation that has to be so practical so early on, telegraphing what their 20s might be like for them and feel like for them longer-term, too.