About

In 21 years, I worked part-time for close to a dozen different employers. After every job, I learned at least a few valuable lessons, acquired new skills, and died a little on the inside.

I’ve waited on tables and ran take-out at a Chinese restaurant. I was a sullen teenager behind a over-caffeinated, overly- cheery-sales-associate-mask at Old Navy. I gutted houses, played the bitc- I mean, intern role at Maxim Magazine. I was a Resident Assistant for 14-year olds in upstate-New York and LA, 17-year olds in Nanjing, China, and college students at Rutgers University. And in case anyone’s counting, the 14-year olds were the most intelligent, the 17-year olds made me consider a vasectomy, and college students are the most childish.

I simultaneously held three positions throughout college. For the last two years, it’s been four: residence life at Rutgers, interning with Maxim Magazine Online, consulting at a computer lab, and editor for a college magazine.

Post-graduation, I will be completely and utterly unemployed for the first time since I was 14. I’m writing my first book, a collection of humor essays on the Asian American experience in white suburbia. I’m also traveling, and transitioning towards a minimalistic lifestyle. Since none of those involve seeking or obtaining employment, I hope to remain far away from the 9 to 5 life for a long time.

This blog is about my freelancing pursuits and career divergences.