A Few Lighthearted Thoughts for Friday

With the current economic climate, jobs, places to work, and work environments are often the subject of thoughts and conversations. Sometimes I just wish that I could convince my brain that -- just because it makes sense to me, that doesn't make it reality. Here are few examples:

• As you pass by that company with an office just down the street from your apartment thinking...
  "They are close to where I live. They should hire me, then I could walk to work."
• Driving by Google, seeing the people on bicycles and the college campus atmosphere and thinking...
  "This looks like such a relaxed place to work. They should hire me. I am such a great person to have in a relaxed work environment. We would get along great."
• Seeing new products come out of Apple, getting excited and thinking...
  "Apple has such a great focus on innovative thinking. It would be very exciting to work. They should hire me. I really like their products and I've used them for many years."
• Seeing a company like VMWare, emerging as a start-up, and thinking...
  "This place looks cool, and it seems like everyone is impressed with their products. The people who are in the company in the early stages are coming away with a nice chunk of valuable stock. They should hire me. I'd be good at having valuable stock."
  

Now it could be that this kind of thinking is normal, but you know that you've gone off the deep end when you explore the idea of using that kind of logic in a cover letter to the company.