Alex Mera

I spent ten months in the job market. I know it’s a goddamn shit show but it’s important not to forget there’s humans on the other end. A little bit of thoughtfulness and sincerity goes a long way.

5.) Don’t tell me you love my work and not tell me anything about it. What about my work stood out for you? Give me specifics, otherwise I’m just going to assume you’re giving me platitudes and that’s a big red flag.

4.) Links to your portfolio are great but you should have a PDF ready with some tear sheets and a summarized overview of your professional experience. Something a prospective employer can see without leaving their LinkedIn inbox.

3.) DON’T USE AI! It’s honestly a little insulting to reach out to a person directly and not even bother to actually be personal.

2.) Do your research on our company and try to get an idea if this is somewhere you want to be before reaching out to me.

Please don’t ask me to give you the basic details about our company—this is something you should already know before starting a conversation.

1.) Don’t ask me to give you details about the job after I posted the listing. It’s on you to read it and figure out if you’re a good fit before reaching out, not on me to figure it out for you.

My company is hiring a Creative Director. I posted the job on LinkedIn and I’ve received a lot of elevator pitches, which is great—I was unemployed recently and I got my job through an elevator pitch.

But please come correct. Here’s some advice:

Jasmine Crockett is polling ahead of him with less funding. Give her airtime too, if you haven’t already.

If Trump pardons Maxwell, the narrative he’s committing to is essentially “yes, I’m a pedophile. What are you going to do about it?”

Are dumb enough to think a man who was born a billionaire and an upper middle class dork from an affluent Detroit suburb are the spokesmen for the working class.

Her husband is in legal trouble. She hasn’t lost it—she’s pandering to nut jobs for personal gain.

I hate these progressive hot takes that be like “Zoran is leading NYC into democratic socialist utopia why can’t Dems in congress do the same?”

A mayoral office operates in a completely different manner from Congress. You can’t even compare the two.

Do better. You’re supposed to be the smart ones.

The press willingly ignores the fact that he needs them more than they need him. They only care about their own access.

Stop calling out right wing hypocrisy as if that’s enough. These people want to see you hurt, they don’t give a shit if you think they’re hypocrites.

Oh he clapped back? Okay Thom. You grew a spine. Too bad innocent Americans and immigrants had to die before you got there.

Don’t forget Miller—he’s the architect behind this cruelty. Trump is a sundowning old fool who can’t stop shitting his pants.

He voted to confirm her.

Gotta do the fucking math here…

They have an army with an unlimited budget and complete immunity. They can search your home without warrant, shoot you for any reason, and they will lie about what you saw with your own eyes.

And now they want voter data.

We’re seeing a coup.

He was subdued.

He didn’t reach for his gun.

They shot him in the back while he was on the ground.

It’s murder.

Do not fund ICE. You are grossly underestimating how angry people are about this.

MAGA is never going to like you.

Abolish ICE.

Bernie fucked up on social media by urging his Republican colleagues to see the lunacy of Trump’s letter to the government of Norway.

Every Dem needs to talk about invoking the 25th amendment nonstop. Go on the offensive. Trump’s dementia is undeniable and the whole fucking world is in danger.

It’s worse than cringe. Trump has advanced dementia and he’s frequently disoriented. These signs is so he knows where he is at any given time.

I think Trump is either dying, or has very little time left as a functioning adult.

And I think his fucked up ideologue handlers know this, so they’re accelerating their shitty agendas before the MAGA power vacuum of his exit—either from death or the 25th amendment—grinds everything to a halt.

He’s probably flattered by it.

I don’t have the words for the level of malice that it takes to look at that video and decide those agents acted in self-defense.

Who would have thought electing a malignant narcissistic and full-blown sociopath deep in the throes of dementia would be a bad fucking idea?

Colorado MAGA: “hell yeah!!! Fuck us!!!”

Shouting "suck my dick" is the solution to everything.

She’s trying to protect the Republican brand from the inevitable split from MAGA.

The Trump stench is all over this World Cup. I’m seriously so unenthusiastic about it.