For the past year I have written about needing to make a change at my job. Things have been getting progressively worse since our department fell under the “leadership” of a largely unqualified individual. For one reason or another, this person had an issue with my team and was slowly dismantling it. This week I… Continue reading This is Bad. It Could be Worse
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Escape Velocity: The Beginning Part of Space
I usually make it a point to only check my Fidelity account on the 15th of every month (net worth day) unless it’s an RSU vesting period or ESPP (employee stock purchase plan) day. August 1st is one of two annual ESPP days, and I always sell 100% of my ESPP shares immediately as a… Continue reading Escape Velocity: The Beginning Part of Space
If You’re Not the Product You’re the Overhead
Do you feel unappreciated at work? Are you treated like a servant by the talent? Are you a support player even though you are highly educated and experienced? You might be part of the overhead. Early in my career I needed a job, any job. I wanted it to be a Tech job since I… Continue reading If You’re Not the Product You’re the Overhead
2024 Goals Reviewed
Here we are with two weeks remaining in 2024 and I can’t believe how little I posted this year. In my defense, I was out enjoying life for most of the year, and then for the rest of the year I was suffering the fallout of reorg hell. Each year I try to set out… Continue reading 2024 Goals Reviewed
I’m Doing Enough, I Need to do More
Fair warning, this post is going up as an unpolished stream of consciousness. I took a walk this morning. It wasn’t very long. I walked on my treadmill with the incline set to five while I read a book for 20 minutes. Reading gave me time to think. Then I got on my rower and… Continue reading I’m Doing Enough, I Need to do More
The Big List of Financial Independence and Investing Resources
Friends have started to realize that I’ve managed to make a little money in my life. As such, I keep getting asked about topics like passive income, investing, budgeting, and paying off debt. What I try to explain is that the way I see it, if you want to actually change your financial life, you… Continue reading The Big List of Financial Independence and Investing Resources
What Would You do with $10 Million
I was watching a recent episode of My First Million featuring Nick Gray, who I’d honestly never heard of until this week. Nick is a quirky fellow who seems to throw out ideas like a machine gun, and once again being honest, I kind of like the guy. During the episode, he cited an article… Continue reading What Would You do with $10 Million
Surviving Corporate Reorganization: Personal Experience and Valuable Insights
Earlier this month I was notified of changes to my team, my department, and our priorities going forward. In short, we were reorganizing. If you’ve worked in corporate America long enough, you’re bound to be caught up in a “reorg” sooner or later. Although we had been told for weeks that there was going to… Continue reading Surviving Corporate Reorganization: Personal Experience and Valuable Insights
The Best Stock Trade I Ever Made
Twelve years ago I was absolutely obsessed with Tesla. The stock was pretty volatile, but trading in the $20 range for a while. So I took $5000 out of my wedding fund, bought the stock and watched as it took off like a rocket ship for years to come. Today that investment is worth $526,201.… Continue reading The Best Stock Trade I Ever Made
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