Archive for May, 2006
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Save money on the web
I’m going to highlight an older trick today, only because I don’t think too many know about it or use it. EvilSoft.org uses Thunderbird to find deals on the web. I suggest you skip down to Billy’s comment about using “Thunderbird’s ‘Saved Searches’”. It was a lot easier for me to set [...]
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Raise Update (part 3)
This is the last of the series. I heard back from the boss man about what could be done. Apparently the best they could was to put me in the 25% percentile of a person with 2 year less experience than me (according to Salary.com). For my current experience, I’d say it’s [...]
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Raise Update (part 2)
The time was right for a talk with the boss man today and I have to say that the initial reaction seemed quite positive. I didn’t particularly go after any specific numbers, but I should find out tomorrow how much the gap is going to close between what I could get on the open [...]
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Raise Update (part 1)
I chickened out in asking for a raise on Friday. I did have a talk with the boss man and dropped a subtle hint. As importantly, I wanted to find out if there was any truth in a rumor about the company and a new venture it was taking. Turns out there [...]
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Back from a Long Expensive Weekend
I’m sorry I left you without a post this weekend. I went to New York City. I enjoy it as long as it’s in chunks of 3 days or fewer. Any more than that and I start to get claustrophobic. The other thing about New York is that everything is so [...]
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