The only thing that annoys me so far about my new car is other people.

Quite a number of the few who even know what my car is have said, “For a little bit more you could’ve had a Corvette!”

Here’s the thing: I didn’t want a damn Corvette! If I did, I’d have one right now. Instead, I have pretty close to the performance of a Corvette with far more interior space (enough room for three adults in the back), a truly colossal trunk, and greater reliability.

Second, they have no idea how much I paid for my car. I drive a pretty hard bargain. I got mine for thousands less than a lot of other people pay for the same vehicle — which is pretty challenging to achieve in a rare color of a niche vehicle.

So yes, I certainly could have paid $15,000+ more for a car I didn’t even want.

Makes complete sense. Why didn’t I think of that?

If I didn't apply to jobs unless I fit all requirements, I wouldn't have had ANY of the tech jobs on my resume

*Apply anyway*

— Stephanie Hurlburt (@sehurlburt) August 13, 2017

Yep! As I’ve noted before, I’ve applied to and gotten jobs where I met as few as 20% of the “requirements.”

Those requirements are mainly there for two reasons:

1) Simple HR incompetence.

2) For an excuse to turn down someone for other reasons, while citing “did not meet requirements.”

This advice is particularly important for women who tend to apply only when they meet all the requirements. This is career suicide!

I told one of the interns at work after she asked that the best book I’d read recently was Nancy Cartwright’s How the Laws of Physics Lie.

Not only had she heard of it, she said, “Oh my god! Nancy Cartwright is my aunt’s best friend! She’s awesome!”

Strangely small world at times.