100 Bullshit Jobs ... And How to Get Them by Stanley Bing

100 Bullshit Jobs ... And How to Get Them by Stanley Bing

What do being a feng shui advisor, marketing consultant, and vice president of the United States have in common? The inimitable Stanley Bing presents a tasteful pile of these and other bullshit jobs, and explains how to snag one for yourself.

From bestselling author and business guru Stanley Bing comes an indispensable guide for the contemporary working person--specifically, a worker who is ambitious, greedy, and lazy. In his helpful, witty, straight-shooting style, Bing, who based his entire career and several bestselling books on his own very special brand of bullshit, guides the reader through a plethora of bullshit jobs that pay well and demand very little knowledge or effort.

Walmart greeters, executive headhunters, aromatherapists: The people lucky enough to have secured this type of bullshit employment are everywhere, in virtually every field--from ayurvedic healing to zoo management. Bing's handy reference explains the myriad benefits of such bullshit ways to earn a living, and details steps readers should take to land a bullshit job of their own.

Stanley Bing is a bestselling fiction and nonfiction author who has written for Esquire, Fortune, and a variety of other major periodicals for many years. He is the author of nearly a dozen books that push the frontiers of satire and hard-nosed corporate strategy. Crazy Bosses, which forecast much of the present political climate by mapping the relationship between pathology and power; What Would Machiavelli Do, which addressed why cruel people typically do better than good people; and, most recently, The Curriculum, a comprehensive substitute for the traditional MBA curriculum. Lloyd: What Happened, You Look Good Today, and Immortal Life are his three novels.