Archive for the ‘Career’ Category
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Working Two Jobs at the Same Time
CNN has an article that I find extremely interesting… some employees are working two jobs at the same time. This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. People are so used to multitasking nowadays that it’s hard to imagine people not working two jobs at the same time. I’m not much different. A quick look at [...]
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Heroes, Knuckleballs, and Zink
I’ve mentioned in the past being a rather large Red Sox fan. Yesterday, some interesting news came out from Red Sox Nation. Tim Wakefield, the Red Sox player with the longest tenure, is injured and won’t be able to pitch as scheduled tomorrow. For those who might not be familiar with Wakefield, he’s a pretty [...]
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Ways Not Having a Job Impacts Our Personal Finances
I read a post that made me think quite a bit this week. Madison from My Dollar Plan has a list of 15 tips for saving money while you still have a job. I looked down the list and saw things like 401k Matches, Tuition Reimbursements, Insurance – a pile of perks that people get [...]
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Even Scarlett Johannson Couldn’t Keep Me Interested
A couple of months ago, my wife and I were taking a trip. On the flight back home, my wife started reading The Nanny Diaries. For the next 5 hours, I was subjected to comments like, “Oh my, that’s so true… listen to this…” followed by snippet from the book. For those not familiar with [...]
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Ten Things I Hate About Monster.com’s Job Search
I decided to bite the bullet and begin the job search again. The first step in this process was to update my Monster.com resume. I had forgotten about all the negative things that come with that simple action. I know there are many job sites out there. It may be time for me to start [...]
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Is Software Development Slowly Killing Me?
When I was 8 years old, my parents bought the family an IBM PCjr. It was a great computer and one that I’ll always remember fondly. My brother showed me how to get to the BASIC interpreter and my parents bought programming books. And boy did I program. You name it, I built it. I [...]
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How to Ask for a Raise (Part 4 – Final)
Back in May, I wrote three posts on how to ask for a raise. I don’t really feel I got what I should have and my old company went as far to say that I should be getting about 15% more, but it just wasn’t in the budget. I wouldn’t bring it up except that [...]
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Starting Work…
I’m starting my new job this week. This means that I’ll reduce the quantity of my postings. Additionally, the time I’ll be able to make posts will be fairly unconvenient for the east coasters out there. A fortunate side effect is that I’ll be able to raise the quality of the posts.
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How Much Is My 401(k) Plan Worth?
It turns out that my new company doesn’t offer a 401(k) plan. This was a little alarming. I can’t really think of a reason why a company wouldn’t offer one. My last company of 20 employees did. It didn’t match any of my contributions, but at least I could defer my taxes. So it got [...]
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Finally a Job Offer
Thank goodness, I finally have an offer for gainful employment. It’s not as gainful as I would have hoped though. Once again, it looks like I’m going to have to a discount to what the general market is for my skills. While it’s more money than I made at my previous job, with the increased [...]
