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Tokyo Sex Whale's avatar

Your name must begin with “M”: Matt, Mark, Maya, Milan. “Ma” is better but Milan benefited from affirmative action

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Estate of Bob Saget's avatar

is being alive a requirement?

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David Muccigrosso's avatar

Kate, Kate... may I call you Kate?

Can I interest you in someone who's willing to work part time for full price, but still put a full ass into it? I more than meet your quite meager qualifications, and the paycheck would more than adequately fund weekly commuter flights into DC. In exchange, I'd happily turn multiple of my story-length comments into full articles. And to boot, I wouldn't even CUSS in them! (much)

I hope you give this offer the due consideration it deserves.

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Sharty's avatar

ONE of your names begins with M, I think that makes you eligible according to TSW's criterion.

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David R.'s avatar

Dear God.

Run, folks. Run.

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Bo's avatar

No fucking way Dave.

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City Of Trees's avatar

In all seriousness, I think that many Slow Borers would fit most of these qualifications very well.

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Jacob's avatar

Matt Yglesias, job creator.

I am happy at my current job (and I live in another country) so this isn't a 'job question' but I am interested in what your office is. I understand CB shares some working space in D.C. - but how often is the team in the office? Do you socialize/know the other people in that building?

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BQM's avatar

I'm just glad to see an entry-level job posting that doesn't also require a degree and a couple years of experience!

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Peter S's avatar

If I only attend one of the “lesser Ivies” (let’s say Princeton or Dartmouth) is that good enough, or is a Harvard or Yale enrollment required?

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Matthew Yglesias's avatar

Marc went to Dartmouth!

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David R.'s avatar

What is the actual pecking order there?

My mental order has always been Harvard-Princeton-Penn-Yale-Columbia-Cornell-Dartmouth-Brown.

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Weary Land's avatar

I think it’s generally split into two groups: Harvard-Princeton-Yale and everyone else (the “lesser Ivies” [1]). The ordering within the groups is not agreed upon.

[1] https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/lower_Ivy

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avalancheGenesis's avatar

Knew I shoulda gone on that DC field trip in 8th grade. Assistant Blag Editor woulda been a perfect fit for my former white-collar skillset. It can't be that different from administrating a popular videogame wiki, right? (Never quite had the chutzpah to call that an "unpaid internship" on resume, but.)

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Dan Quail's avatar

Pretty decent compensation. My guess is folks will be getting insurance on the exchange because of your guys' small scale.

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David R.'s avatar

$60k for entry-level professional work in the DC area is… competitive with the various public-sector internships and junior Congressional aids, I guess?

Not much more to be said for it.

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Dan Quail's avatar

I think Congressional aids are paid worse.

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