Career & Employment

A Son Who Doesn’t Love Me, But A Daughter Who Hopefully Will

I don’t think there’s enough support for fathers and stay at home dads. Men also don’t share their issues and feelings as readily as women for some reason. As a result, I’d like to change this by sharing more fatherhood stories and raising awareness about what many fathers go through in silence. This post is […]

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The Largest Severance Package Ever For Destroying A Company

The largest severance package is over one billion dollars! Let me share with you who got such a record severance package amount and why you can negotiate a severance package as well. Over the years, I’ve received some doubt from three types of people regarding the feasibility of negotiating a severance package. The first set

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The Most Important Tip For Job Hoppers: Join People, Not Firms

Now is the most exciting time for job hoppers everywhere. The economy is rebounding. The light is at the end of the tunnel for when the pandemic will end. I’m convinced we’ll see more employee turnover across all industries than over the past two years combined. There are people itching to leave their firms for better opportunities

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Nature Will Dictate The Best Time For Parents To Go Back To Work

The best time for parents to go back to work is dictated by nature. You don’t have to overthink things too much once you’ve run the financial numbers. Over the past two years, I’ve gotten to know another stay-at-home dad in the neighborhood. Bob has a boy who is also two years old. We try

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Warning! Beware Of Revealing Your Financial Independence Plans Too Soon

Revealing your financial independence plans too soon is a mistake. As the pioneer of the modern-day FIRE movement who has established FIRE rules, premature revelation is a no-no! When I started Financial Samurai in July 2009, I only told my Japanese colleague who sat next to me, nobody else. I didn’t want any colleagues who

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Changing Jobs Or Industries? Take A Pay Cut And Swallow Your Pride

One of the funniest things I’ve come across are people who want to gain experience, but aren’t willing to sacrifice. Changing jobs or industries means you’ll likely need to take a pay cut and put in a lot of time. Several years ago, there was a lot of debate regarding employers taking advantage of their free interns. So, like

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How To Take Advantage Of Rich People So You Can Get Rich Too

Want to get rich or feel rich? You might as well take advantage of rich people! OK, I’m not trying to be insidious. Hear me out in this post. For background, I retired with a $3 million net worth in 2012 at age 34. Today, I’m 47 with an eight figure net worth thanks to

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