One Day It Will All Make CENT$

One in 15 Million (I Think I Know Why I can’t Find Work)

While plowing through the 10,016 unread e-mails in my inbox, I stumbled across an message from a media company that I applied to months back. By government standards, I am unemployed. However, as a journalist I’m allowed to exercise creative license and say that I am an independent contractor or (my favorite) “an entrepreneur”. In [...]

Self Employment Gets No Respect (aka “No Really, I DO have a Job!”)

A few weeks ago I attended an industry event. I know, the term “industry event” sounds very vague and exciting. It’s not. If you work in the media biz in NYC there’s bound to be at least 2-4 industry events a week. Once the weather gets warmer that number goes up to 5-7. Most times [...]