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WCDT Strips 3816-3820 (27-31 August 2018)
Tova:
So, uh, what happens if Claire gets her big break and it involves moving interstate?
bhtooefr:
...that has so much synchronicity with major QC plotlines, that I now suspect it will happen.
(Namely, Marten following Vicky to Massachusetts, and Faye NOT following Angus to NYC.)
Undrneath:
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--- Quote from: OldGoat on 30 Aug 2018, 19:34 ---Does Claire know about Marty's history with savings accounts and sexy guitars?
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Yes, and she's mocked him for it: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2431
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More like she was mid mock before Clinton went all Clinton on her.
zechstyr:
A little late to this, but I'll stick my nose in.
I've got Marten's job, basically. I'm a library paraprofessional at an academic library. I got my foot in the door because I was working on a degree related to the academic library's mission and had previous experience at a bookstore and as a student worker at another branch. I've been employed there for 5 years now.
My job is a somewhat cushy, low-key one but someone in Claire's position would not want it. They might even be offended if they were offered it. How do I know? Because I'm now going to school for an MLIS and have talked about this quite a bit with the head of the Reference department. If I got my degree now I'd have a major advantage (MLIS and a Masters in a STEM discipline) and could legitimately request 2-3x my current pay as an entry level librarian. If I didn't have that STEM degree it'd be more like 2-2.5. I would not ever be considered for a librarian position without my MLIS, even for the super-specialized library I help run. Librarians are protective about their degrees.
As per salary.com a Library Assistant makes 42.7K, which I find deeply, darkly amusing. The median for a normal Librarian is 62.5K.
I found the jealousy for Marten's job to be... interesting. Claire should, upon graduation, be able to find librarian jobs at a public library fairly easily (there are a decent amount out there based on the listservs I've joined). A position at an academic library is a horse of another color, but Marten wouldn't be at all the hindrance to Claire in this scenario... her problem would be the 75+ year old reference librarians that haven't retired yet.
BenRG:
To me, today's strip reminds us of Marten's neuroses and sense of inadequacy in many areas. I don't think that he believes that he can get another job particularly easily, if at all (only getting the library job by luck probably doesn't help here). So, on a certain level, his brain isn't wired to think about finding his 'dream job' is possible or even plausible.
Poor Claire, though! She's learning the hard way that being a supportive girlfriend with a personality like Marten involves walking him through the steps sometimes!
That aside, am I the only one who thinks that Barry is going to turn out (a la Jimbo) to be someone important? I'm thinking that he's a researcher into reproductive genetics and that he's just very hands on in getting his samples! :-P
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