The job hunt continues⌠the soul-sucking process of waking everyday and finding a point
in the pointlessness of filling job application forms. Everyone I talk to finds the process
dreadful. The job market has been especially made worse by people getting the magical
ability to generate meaningful, yet often soulless words. I, do not use AI or agents
to write resumes or cover letters, every job application and email I send is an artisianal
hand written piece.
I have decided that I donât want to use AI for writing. Writing is self-expression, it can be
poetic, encapsulate my personality, and I donât want to water down the soulfulness of my
expression from the text generated by a stochastic model.
I constantly hear that AI tends to struggle with writing compared to (talented?) humans.
I believe it to be true, and I think the more I write the better I will get at writing.
My writing is an amalgamation of my experiential context window, blending my habits,
personality, and the media that I have been consuming, it can often indicate which
generation I come from, which part of the world I grew up in etc. I, also value the
humans who are reviewing my cover letter and resume.
Other than that, I have started picking up Guitar again. I have a steel string and
I have been developing callouses and strength in the muscles of my hand so one day I am
able to play those barre chords. I picked up some guitar 3 years back and I am surprised
about how much I remember. I am actually able to play some songs on the Guitar.
I started watching Ted Lasso as well! Recently, I have found myself seeking more positivity,
and Ted Lasso certainly helps. I have been recently thinking about how âempathyâ is used
predominantly in the context of understanding pain, but you can just use the same empathy to
feel happy for others.
The politics in India has been rough, there are a lot of ongoing protests in New Delhi.
The protests affect my mental health, a lot of my friends participated in the protests,
and I care about the well-being of everyone involved.
The week started rough because of the job hunt yielding little to no value and the protests,
but I strangely feel more hopeful that if I keep at it, I will find a job. I think I will focus
more on getting referrals, maybe building something of my own? I think going ahead this week
I want to read âMore, Everything, Foreverâ to better understand the state of AI. Itâs really
a strange time to live in. A lot of my friends have stopped deriving fun from their work, and
while it is sad, I find finding fun to be an interesting problem. I know a few people who look
at âworkâ as âworkâ and still achieve amazing things, while others tie a big chunk of their self-worth
with work and still achieve a lot. It is the later kind that have been finding work less fun.
Maybe itâs time to become more detached and find other ways to relax and have fun.
Thanks for reading my note this far!
Please reach out to me if you have any comments, want to have a chat, or have a work opportunity.