Twitter's lay off was heart breaking. It reminds me of difficult times employees faced during pandemic.
I agree with the point you have made about rituals and goodbyes. I am in my final year of PhD in Oslo, and the workplace brought me joy and hope to move forward even in times like covid and paper rejections. And while each day passing by I think of a day where I might no longer work here in case I am not able to continue as a permanent researcher or even postdoc. Missing my desk, the faces and interaction, and overall work culture which is hard to find in a world during day jobs. I wonder how people move forward while switching to a new job while working from home. It is a very different and weird times.
I have been fangirling your content and recommeding your posts for quite some time now, somehow I missed this one that even references one of my all time favorite fiction works. As someone from social sciences background working in tech I love the amount of cross discipline references you connect together.
Exceptional! Thank you.
This is a lovely layered piece and so relevant to many aspects of life. Thank you. Any company would be so fortunate to have you as an employee.
This piece is beautifully written and wonderfully thoughtful. Thank you for it!
Twitter's lay off was heart breaking. It reminds me of difficult times employees faced during pandemic.
I agree with the point you have made about rituals and goodbyes. I am in my final year of PhD in Oslo, and the workplace brought me joy and hope to move forward even in times like covid and paper rejections. And while each day passing by I think of a day where I might no longer work here in case I am not able to continue as a permanent researcher or even postdoc. Missing my desk, the faces and interaction, and overall work culture which is hard to find in a world during day jobs. I wonder how people move forward while switching to a new job while working from home. It is a very different and weird times.
>the workplace brought me joy and hope to move forward even in times like covid and paper rejections.
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I have been fangirling your content and recommeding your posts for quite some time now, somehow I missed this one that even references one of my all time favorite fiction works. As someone from social sciences background working in tech I love the amount of cross discipline references you connect together.
Yes! Just like the bardo :D https://vicki.substack.com/p/re-entering-the-bardo
Just like hypnogogia ☺️ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia