| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 261 pages ; 25 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Contents |
Author's note -- Prologue: Monopoly on the twenty-ninth floor -- Part I. Look good on paper -- All work, no pay -- Long game -- Traitor -- Stupid shy -- The D list -- This is not a democracy -- The quiet room -- Pit stop -- That old college try -- Part II. Welcome aboard -- Life lesson -- The Ivy League Mafia -- Deep shame, sweet relief -- Be strong -- But I just got here -- How to avoid a slush pile -- Must be educated -- They call me Mr. Gates -- Diseased corpses -- Part III. Clicks -- News to me -- Drinking games -- Point A to point C -- Retrofit -- Midseason replacement -- Mousetrap -- Bump -- Title change -- Operation New Deal -- Cliff notes -- Last call -- Networks and networking -- Learning curve -- Where do we belong? -- Thirty years of magical thinking -- Higher learning |
| Summary |
"For Christopher Zara, this is the professional minefield he has had to navigate since the day he was kicked out of his New Jersey high school for behavioral problems and never allowed back. From a school for "troubled kids," to wrestling with his identity in the burgeoning punk scene of the 1980s; from a stint as an ice cream scooper as he got clean in Florida, to an unpaid internship in New York in his thirties, Zara spent years contending with skeptical hiring managers and his own impostor syndrome before breaking into the world of journalism--only to be met by an industry preoccupied with pedigree. As he navigated the world of the elite and saw the realities of the education gap firsthand, Zara realized he needed to confront the label he had been quietly holding in: what it looked like to be part of the "working class"--whatever that meant."--Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Zara, Christopher.
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Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Identity (Philosophical concept)
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Self-realization.
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Education.
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HUM025000.
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| Genre |
Biography.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Title |
Memoir of flunking out, falling apart, and finding my worth |
| ISBN |
9780316268974 (hardcover) : $29.00 |
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0316268976 (hardcover) |
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