A Practical Guide to the Nonsense Industry

A classic career guide is a failure....

A Practical Guide to the Nonsense Industry A classic career guide is a failure. By Matt Joy April 15, 2022 Nonfiction What Color Is Your Parachute? 2022: Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success by Richard N. Bolles and Katharine Brooks . Ten Speed Press , 2021. 352 pages. Buy on Bookshop.org Did you know LARB is a reader-supported nonprofit? LARB publishes daily without a paywall as part of our mission to make rigorous, incisive, and engaging writing on every aspect of literature, culture, and the arts freely accessible to the public. Help us continue this work with your

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