{"id":11712,"date":"2009-03-15T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2009-03-15T01:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/weary_of_looking_for_work_some_create_their_own\/"},"modified":"2009-03-15T01:00:07","modified_gmt":"2009-03-15T01:00:07","slug":"weary_of_looking_for_work_some_create_their_own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=11712","title":{"rendered":"Weary of Looking for Work, Some Create Their Own"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Andon, 24, a graduate of Duke University in biology, was laid off from a biotech company last May. For months he sought new work. Then, frustrated with the hunt, he turned to jellyfish.<\/p>\n<p>In an apartment he shares here with six roommates, Mr. Andon started a business in September building jellyfish aquariums, capitalizing on new technology that helps the fragile creatures survive in captivity. He has sold three tanks, one for $25,000 to a restaurant, and is starting a Web site to sell desktop versions for $350.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI keep getting stung,\u201d\u009d he said. And his crowded home office is filled with beakers and test tubes of jellyfish food. \u201cBut it beats looking for work. I hate looking for work.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/14\/technology\/start-ups\/14startup.html?em\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Andon, 24, a graduate of Duke University in biology, was laid off from a biotech company last May. For months he sought new work. Then, frustrated with the hunt, he turned to jellyfish. In an apartment he shares here<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=11712\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,149,597],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics-politics","category-economy","category-laborlabor-unionslabor-market"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}