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What If I Could Read My Dog’s Mind? A Cautionary Tale of Judgment and Fur
Let’s address a universal truth: Your dog loves you. Unconditionally. Faithfully. Endlessly. But also? That little fluffball is silently...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 143 min read


Moses the Hiring Manager
So I’m sitting here at the kitchen table, caffeinated beyond salvation, doom-scrolling job listings and debating whether “emotionally...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 132 min read


What If God Was Your Ride-or-Die Best Friend?
An Article About Coffee, Faith, and Unexpected Divine Vibes It started with coffee. Not just any coffee—dark coffee. The kind of roast...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 133 min read


Brad and I Are Still Thriving (Barely)
So it’s been a week since I posted about the wine girl in Thailand with her wind-blown hair, spiritual awakening, and a yoga instructor...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 132 min read


The Rejection Signal: Rise of the Ghosted
It started like any other Tuesday: hopeful, caffeinated, and dangerously optimistic. I was 20 tabs deep in a job search, resume freshly...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 132 min read


The Trojan Job Hunt: A Millennial Odyssey
So there I was, fully armored in rejection emails, LinkedIn endorsements from people I’ve never met, and a portfolio so polished it could...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 132 min read


The Curious Case of Joe and the British Airways Breakdown
So Joe, mild-mannered word wizard and copywriting hopeful, applies for a job with British Airways. A 12-month fixed-term role. Sounds...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 132 min read


Friday the 13th: Job Hunt Chronicles (AKA Why I Now Believe in Curses)
It’s Friday the 13th. I wake up feeling bold, confident, maybe even employable—which is, of course, my first mistake. I put on my...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 132 min read


Emotional Traffic Jams & the Gospel According to Red Lights
There’s a strange kind of therapy that happens in your car. No copay. No couch. Just you, the wheel, and a playlist that’s always one...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 132 min read


PIP’D: Death by Feedback
So let me tell you about the time I got put on a PIP—a Performance Improvement Plan, or as I now lovingly call it, Professional...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 132 min read


The Unemployment Benefits That Ghosted Me
So there I am, freshly jobless, heart full of hope, bank account full of $8.36, and I do what every responsible, law-abiding,...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 122 min read


You're not stuck, you're being built
Do you ever look back at one of those jobs—the ones that drained your spirit, paid you in stress and trauma with a side of lukewarm “team...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 123 min read


The Referral That Never Was
So there I am, minding my job-hunting business, living off coffee and audacity, when I finally get a call from a hiring manager. You...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 122 min read


Applied from Mars: One Small Click for Man, One Giant Ghosting for Mankind
So imagine this: I’m living on Mars. Not for fun, not for science, but because Earth’s job market finally broke me. After my 257th...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 122 min read


The Teacher, the Sword, and the NDA
Once upon a very real time in a very broken system not-so-far away, there was a brave, sarcastic, slightly over-caffeinated teacher we’ll...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 122 min read


God, the HR Director of My Life (And Apparently Still in a Meeting)
So there I was, unemployed, over-caffeinated, and aggressively optimistic, applying to jobs like I was trying to win a game show. I’d...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 122 min read


Dean vs. The Great Job Hunt Plot Twist
This is the story of Dean. Middle manager. Tech guy. Certified grown adult with a résumé that once melted printers in HR departments...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 122 min read


Me, God, and the Banana Peel of Life
So there I was, flat on my back—emotionally, spiritually, and possibly literally—after yet another rejection email that started with “We...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 122 min read


Per My Last Prayer
So I prayed about this job. Not just a casual, “Hey God, do Your thing,” but one of those serious, full-body surrender type of prayers....

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 122 min read


Kidnapped by a Bot: The Day My Job Application Became a Hostage Situation
Let me tell you what happened, and please—don’t judge me until you’ve applied to 387 jobs and started talking to your microwave just for...

Alex Pyatkovsky
Jun 122 min read
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