{"id":331,"date":"2018-02-28T09:07:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T14:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=331"},"modified":"2018-02-28T09:14:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T14:14:14","slug":"see-that-local-employers-i-do-have-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=331","title":{"rendered":"See That, LOCAL Employers? I DO Have Skills!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-332\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/JobHunt2.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"332\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?attachment_id=332\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/JobHunt2.png?fit=1240%2C1281&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1240,1281\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"JobHunt2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;m trying not to think of it as earning less money, but rather as financial time travel. It&amp;#8217;s like I&amp;#8217;ve gone back in time ten years, but I know more now than I did then. Unfortunately, the main thing I know is how much nicer it is to make more money.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/JobHunt2.png?fit=660%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-332\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/JobHunt2-991x1024.png?resize=660%2C682\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/JobHunt2.png?resize=991%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 991w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/JobHunt2.png?resize=290%2C300&amp;ssl=1 290w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/JobHunt2.png?resize=768%2C793&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/JobHunt2.png?w=1240&amp;ssl=1 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;m trying not to think of it as earning less money, but rather as engaging in <em>financial time travel<\/em>. It&#8217;s like I&#8217;ve gone back in time ten years, but I know more now than I did then. Unfortunately, the main thing I know is how much nicer it is to make more money.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s true; I called it months ago. Oh well, gotta do something, I guess.<\/p>\n<p>But hey, just because I have a job again that doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t still help me make this whole comics publishing platform thing a go.<\/p>\n<p>Check out all the ways that you can help support <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenDoor Comics<\/a>, and help <em>me<\/em> tell the Universe where it can go!<\/p>\n<p>I mean, if you read this, it was at least better than dying, right? Right?<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;right?<\/p>\n<p>(Also, I mostly put this text here so that the text of the ad code doesn&#8217;t show up in the Facebook link to this post.)<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- OpenDoorComics --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9581540985996689\" data-ad-slot=\"4540459023\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s true; I called it months ago. Oh well, gotta do something, I guess. But hey, just because I have a job again that doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t still help me make this whole comics publishing platform thing a go. Check out all the ways that you can help support OpenDoor Comics, and help me &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=331\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">See That, LOCAL Employers? I DO Have Skills!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-alleged-humor","tag-the-universe","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jh90-5l","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":446,"url":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=446","url_meta":{"origin":331,"position":0},"title":"Super Hero Singalong No. 3","author":"Jon Maki","date":"March 31, 2019","format":"image","excerpt":"(To the tune of \"People are Strange,\" of course. 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