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04 June 2007

Weird job So, I come to LA looking for a magazine job. Everyone assures me that there are far more magazines here than anywhere except NY.
Best interview so far? Barely Legal.

So, um, if I get this— what would I tell future employers? I was young and needed the money? →[More:]
It actually seems like a neat job, though they were inordinantly interested in my polisci minor, something that I'm not good at articulating without being a total nerd: "Well, actually, the area that I focused on was primarily political theory, with an emphasis on democratic criticisms and post-democratic governmental structures."
"So... You're a Democrat?"

post by: klangklangston at: 17:12 | 13 comments

Do it for the stories you'll get to tell later.

posted by ColdChef 04 June | 17:56

Oh yeah. I think I'll take it if I'm offered the job. It's much better than the scam factory "magazines" and "blogs" that have been wanting me to repurpose PR bullshit.

posted by klangklangston 04 June | 18:09

It could be worse - could be "Almost Legal", which would be even harder to put on your resume.

posted by dg 04 June | 18:13

Sounds like a pretty fun job. What exactly does the work involve? (I was going to ask what's the position but I walk into too many jokes as it is)

posted by puke & cry 04 June | 18:56

Dude, by the time you are up for the managing editor position at Harper's or the Atlantic, there will be at least two American Idol descended shows devoted to finding America's next greatest porn model, as well as featuring cumshots in InStyle magazine. No one will care then, and you'll have the inside track now.

posted by psmealey 04 June | 20:03

So, um, if I get this— what would I tell future employers? I was young and needed the money?

"I was young and I wanted to bang 18-year-olds."

That should do the trick.

posted by jason's_planet 04 June | 21:21

Unless you want to work for Catholic Digest or some crap, I doubt they'll care where you worked. They will want to know how you worked.

posted by Eideteker 04 June | 21:39

I'd hire you if that was the response.

posted by dg 04 June | 21:41

Um, the banging 18-year-olds part, not the other one.

posted by dg 04 June | 22:15

I hadn't listed my first real job on my resume for two decades.

posted by mischief 04 June | 23:32

If anything, it might get them to actually look at your clips (I'm assuming you write, but maybe it doesn't matter), as opposed to tossing your resume or hitting the delete button.

posted by PY 05 June | 02:34

Take the job, if for no other reason than to find out if those letters from readers are real or not.

posted by Atom Eyes 05 June | 11:16

The letters, I was assured in the interview, are real. The "interns" that write all the copy are not; they're the work of one woman.

Wish me luck— I have the corporate interview tomorrow. Who knew that porn had such bureaucracy? I have to meet with two VPs just to get hired as an ed assistant!

posted by klangklangston 05 June | 20:28

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