DC miscellanies

This Friday I’m participating in a panel about international student job strategies at the alma mater. I’m excited about this, mostly because I love to talk and tell people what to do. (In a nice way, obviously). I’m not sure if my words of ‘wisdom’ will be as beneficial as I hope, but if nothing else, I’ll get a chance to pontificate for a bit about job hunt strategies and H-1 visas quotas. I intend to throw around the terms “cap” and “gap”  a lot as well.

In the meantime, I’m helping JK edit a cover letter for a local think tank. I pointed out to him that I love wonks/ political nerds in theory.. not so much in reality. I mean  I love reading Yglesias or TPM or Ackerman, but would I ever want to be in the same room with them for an extended period of time? Something tells me.. no.

In other news, two weeks from now I give my second Toastmasters’ speech. I’m not sure how effective it is, in helping me be a better speaker. Only time will tell I suppose. In the meantime, I enjoy the captive audience. And it only costs me 50 bucks a year!