Tag: jobs

• Failing is a Luxury

  The scariest thing I’ve done this year is turn down a job offer.  The scariest thing I did last year was quit a job without another job lined up.  Lately, I’ve been presented with the idea of failing as incredibly necessary. If it’s not possible for you to fail, then you never really tried; and…

  Jessica Puente

  January 18, 2022

  People

  failure, jobs, society

• Everyone has a code.

  I think I may have insulted a really good friend last night. And really more than one, but only one was around to hear what I said. See I’ve been having a difficult time defining success. The fear of failure is ever lurking particularly when you work in journalism and particularly when half your company…

  Jessica Puente

  January 31, 2014

  People

  careers, job, jobs, journalism, lay offs, newspapers, people, success

• 5 things you should have learned from being a waitress/waiter

  I can sit here and list off all the restaurants I sold my soul to in college and you’re still going to roll your eyes and daydream about my head exploding because I’m just a high maintenance bitch with some annoying sense of entitlement. So let’s just skip right through that. 1. I don’t care…

  Jessica Puente

  July 2, 2012

  Uncategorized

  bar, Food, food industry, food service, job, jobs, restaurant, server, waiter, waitress