Continuing Education Course on Landing a No-Show Job Enters Fourth Week Without Instructor

The Midtown Learning Annex’s newest professional development seminar, “Getting on the Payroll,” entered its fourth week on Tuesday despite instructor Noah Shough having yet to appear on screen.The $450 course promised ten live modules covering bureaucratic placement, agency payroll loopholes, and how to obtain public-sector advisory roles that require no physical or digital presence. However, when eighteen enrolled professionals logged in for the opening lecture, they were greeted by a black Zoom window reading “Waiting for host to start this meeting.”Twelve minutes later, an email arrived from Shough. “Something urgent came up with the county drainage authority,” he wrote. “Deeply sorry about that. We will push to next Thursday, and I’m throwing in forty-five minutes of bonus office hours for free.”When Thursday arrived, the waiting room spun for forty minutes before a second email arrived from Shough’s phone. “Unavoidable conflict regarding an off-site easement inspection in Staten…