Everybody needs to have a blog. Successful personal finance bloggers will agree. I was eating dinner at my local Indian joint when a late 20s couple sat at the table right next to me. The guy, a new pharmacy graduate from UCSF was with a female pharmacy student. He was buttering her up with praise about how […]
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Once upon a time, I was 28 and dumb. But I was never as dumb as author James Damore who wrote a 3,200 word manifesto saying the reason why women and some minorities aren’t more represented at his firm is due to biological differences. True or false, that’s offensive to the women and minorities who made it to Google. Overall, Google’s workforce is 69%
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How many times have you or someone you know said, “I hate my job. I wish I was doing something else instead,“? Probably a lot. But change is hard. Taking the first step towards change can be the hardest and a lot of people just don’t know where to begin even if they’re miserable. If
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Senior workers outnumber teenage works for the first time ever. This is interesting because the pandemic has also created more job quits than any time in history. Bloomberg highlighted an interesting chart stating that for the first time ever, working seniors outnumber teens in the labor force. Currently 6.6 million people over the age of
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The following is a post by community regular JayCeezy who was able to successfully retire from his job with a healthy severance package. He got laid off and is proud of it! The post highlights the bitter sweet peculiarities of leaving one’s job of so many years. A large part of you will scream to
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The following is a terrific guest post from Spencer, a captain in the US Air Force, who gives a complete overview of the financial benefits of joining the military. There are many different paths you can take in life. Blue collar, white collar, no collar – the jobs you do often reflect your upbringing. If
The world is unfair. To level the playing field, perhaps we should create a wealth identification system. With this system, society will know how wealthy your family is to see whether more help should be given. A Trust Fund Tenant A long time ago, one of my tenants who drove a BMW SUV told me,
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Money, sex, power, love, faith and family. What more do you need to live a happy life? A job that you love that doesn’t feel like work is high on the list. So what are the truly best jobs in the world? I’ve read a number of very uninspiring “Best Jobs” or “Best Occupations” articles
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When you find a great job that you love, it’s like winning the lottery. Working doesn’t feel like work when you’re doing something that’s fulfilling and in line with your interests. If you feel like debating, head over to “The Dark Side Of Early Retirement” and get your fix. I stand by my main thesis that
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The following is a guest post by Steve, a 40-something year old reader and consulting client who is currently traveling the world with his family after a 20 year career in mass media. He shares his severance negotiation success story for disbelievers out there who don’t think negotiating one is possible. So many times we’re
