One of my twins is applying for summer internships, the other is not interested in employment (a separate concern). Applying for internships is not straightforward as evidenced by this anguished message I received:
“[This employer] has just asked me to download their app to apply for an internship. Dante would create a new, linearly independent system of hells for this”
Suzy says
You have my every sympathy.
My younger son has just started his first job, and between LinkedIn and psychometric tests for job applications I think he despaired more than once.
The modern world can be a hell-scape, I think.
belgianwaffle says
It really can. Our poor children.
Lesley says
It’s onerous but might also help to build resilience.
Ellen says
I am also becoming less interested in employment! Two of my colleagues just retired, and it sounds much better.
belgianwaffle says
Mmm. Maybe. It sounds a bit like torture though.
belgianwaffle says
I hear you but that is not an attitude you can have at 19.
town mouse says
This Gen Xer is very glad to hear that the younger generation is just as despairing of ‘download the app’ as I am. (And if you read Cory Doctorow, there’s usually a reason why they want you to do that and it’s not a good thing). It is the prerogative of the youngest child to be uninterested in the conventional career paths of their siblings, although I’m not sure if the same dynamic works for twins …
belgianwaffle says
Yes, loathing of downloading the app does seem to bind the generations together. Michael has totally inhabited the youngest child space despite being a twin so perhaps he is exercising his youngest child prerogative.