{"id":140,"date":"2008-03-05T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-05T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2008\/03\/05\/really-strange-job-ad\/"},"modified":"2008-03-05T15:32:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-05T15:32:00","slug":"really-strange-job-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2008\/03\/05\/really-strange-job-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Really strange job ad"},"content":{"rendered":"

I came across this job advertisement in a February edition of the New Scientist:<\/p>\n

“Not a Lab Rat Job \/ Special Projects Manager<\/span>
Binnacle
MA – Massachusetts<\/p>\n

Escape the NIH nightmare to join an eccentric CEO\/entrepreneur of a Harvard Square-based, small money manager. As his special projects manager with diverse lab management\/research experience and excellent technical writing skills, you could become part of an innovative and eccentric team.”<\/p>\n

The ad’s no longer on the website so that’s all the information I have.<\/p>\n

I’m sure this job would be absolutely perfect for someone, but personally I’d stay away from a job description that uses the word “eccentric” twice in as many sentences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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