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Career advice? I've been offered a fellowship with the Education Pioneers.
For ten months (starting in Sept), I'd be embedded with a school district, charter, or gov't agency to do statistics and other statistical planning. I need to reply to them by next Friday, and I'd appreciate people pointing out questions they think I should ask/weight in my own decisionmaking. Please take a second to think unprimed, before I share some of my own thoughts below.
I'm currently working for less than minimum wage in a journalism internship that ends June 1. I strongly prefer to stay in Washington D.C. (as this would allow me to do) since most of the people I care most about live here. I like using statistics to help people who are frightened of them, which it sounds like this would allow me to do. I do really like writing, so I want to end up with enough leisure time to still do some freelancing and continue to write every day for my blog (hence not being interested in jobs that take over your life).
What are your other options? Do you see any negatives to this fellowship?
Well, I've sent out a lot of (mostly writing) applications, and not gotten bites on anything good. I've been interviewing here and tipped them off I had an offer, and am waiting to hear back. I've done public policy analysis before and could do it again.
Definitely have written too much Snowden/Manning coverage to get a security clearanced job in DC, so places like Booz Allen are right out. ;)
What's so good about DC unless you are a politics junkie?
Also, I'd bet the kind of person I ultimately want to marry is most likely to want to live in DC, too.
A lot of free museums, too.
Interesting. I'd imagine that, except for Federal politics, most of these needs would be better served some place like NY, but I see what you mean.