Filling out summer job documentation means digging back through the past to see...what did I even do as one of my first jobs? One of the most fun ones I had was working for
Inside New York, that ubiquitous guidebook to NYC that every freshman at Columbia (and some other random schools and law firms) gets during orientation. I usually don't reference it anymore, but I made note of it today and happened across the website for the first time in years.
And to my
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pleasant surprise, the site is looking really good! The guidebook in the past was purely a printed resource, with an inquiries-only, minimal website with no content. Since then (gosh, has it really been 5 years?), the student staff has really hauled out to make an actively-updated website with all the reviews right there, with changing content and a blog.
It's cool how you return to your old roots and see how things have grown.
Any other first job stories?
I believe you passed on the info for that job to me, but they already filled the graphic design slot so I got to review a couple restaurants for them that summer! It was great :)
ReplyDeleteI remember taking credit card sized subway maps out of them during NSOP packet stuffing. Puahahah!
ReplyDelete@steph: Restaurant reviewers have it made :) Which ones did you do?
ReplyDelete@alice: Thief! I could actually use one of those cards right now...