Comments | annag: job, place to live: living by committee!

annag

job, place to live: living by committee!

Apr 12, 2007 12:56

So, now that I have a place to stay for the weekend (Thank you Laura47 ( Read more... )

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Housing... rjpb April 13 2007, 02:08:37 UTC

If you decide you are looking for housing starting this summer in Boston, our house has a room open. Main advantages are proximity to MIT and Central Square and Harvard Square, very cheap rent, and convenience to Whole Foods. For other options, check Jade's page.

Re: Housing... annag April 13 2007, 04:45:39 UTC

"Very cheap rent" is highly appealing, especially coupled with T proximity and reasonable (rather than random) housemates. Thanks for the link, too.

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annag April 13 2007, 04:46:24 UTC

And exactly how much longer are you around Eugene? Are you going to drag Trinity here, too?

skyehopper April 13 2007, 05:29:42 UTC

Hey! add me as friend! Me like bells! Add friend! FRIIIIEEENNNNDDD!

Also, move to Boston so I can come live with you for awhile and see the sights, then Garth can go too and pretend to be will from Good Will Hunting and we can do all sorts of fun nonsensical stuffs.

annag April 13 2007, 05:52:05 UTC

Oh yeah! now that we've met in person, and stuff.

And I'm totally going to become a janitor at MIT.
Not so much with the solving hard problems on a whim, though.
probably. (well, except in knitting. and stuff)

skyehopper April 13 2007, 06:34:04 UTC

We could talk like we're from Southy'!

Re: Housing... little_e_ April 13 2007, 10:00:50 UTC

Anywhere in Boston with cheap rents--i.e. the kind you could get on minimum wage and still afford food--is likely to be either in a neighborhood where you run a regular risk of being shot/mugged, rat infested, or both.

I recommend staying in OR unless you have a seriously good reason to move--if Eugene is boring, move to Portland. OR generally has better rents, much better infrastructure, fewer rats, and as far as I know, the jobs are just as good. Oh, and OR has trees.

I mean, I love Boston. Boston is the first place which ever really felt like 'home' to me. But OR has a much lower cost of living/rents, your apartment is more likely to have been built after electricity was invented, and the political climate in OR is just as good as in Boston, if not better--while the MIT people are awesome, the rest of Boston is not all MIT people, and there are tons of cool people in the Pacific Northwest.

Boy and I plan on moving up Portland/Seattle/Vancouver/Juneau way as soon as we can get out of DC...

bychoice April 13 2007, 18:03:01 UTC

I don't know if you've tried my method of finding a job. It tends to work well if you don't have a huge lot of experience. Step 1: get the paper or go to the local paper online
Step 2: highlight every single job that it wouldn't kill you to do
Step 3: apply for every single one

Chances are if you apply for thirty jobs at least a few will be interested in you.

annag April 14 2007, 18:59:21 UTC

I've heard something similar about applying for UOregon non-academic jobs.
Sounds like a good idea. Is it also likely to help with gaining experience?

Does it matter what day's paper (I mean, day of the week)?

bychoice April 14 2007, 19:47:42 UTC

Well, unless you are looking to go to LCC, bartending school, or tax prep classes, I'm guessing that just applying for random jobs is the only way you are going to get any experience. Eugene has mainly crappy jobs, but that's a place to start. If you go the the Register Guard online, I think that their job section has the option of the last 7 days worth of ads. Otherwise, I'd go for the Sunday paper. If you need some help, I'd be glad to help out.