Casey Johnston is a tech journalist, freelance humorist, and lady about the Internet. After graduating from college, she spurned the laboratory destiny foretold by her physics degree, but only after the job market had finished spurning her. She now writes for Internet outlets including Ars Technica, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and CollegeHumor. Her micro-essays on the human condition (alias "tweets") are under @caseyjohnston, and links to her other web presences may be found at about.me/caseyj.
You may have heard that us “millennials” are struggling to find jobs. It’s true. The unemployment wave is pushing us recent college grads into taking menial positions in restaurants, retail…