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
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You’re too Young to Hate Work
I spend a lot of time in the r/financialindependence subreddit, mostly looking for good suggestions or inspiration, but too often I find people in their 20’s looking to FIRE. I find this wholly depressing. More often than not, these people working entry level jobs and planning to retire by their early 30’s. Many times they’re… Continue reading You’re too Young to Hate Work
Tips on Working from Home
For the past four years I’ve enjoyed the life of working from home as a full time employee. I’ve had some struggles and made some mistakes, but overall it’s been a great experience that’s improved my quality of life. With many people newly working from home, I thought I’d share some tips (even though I… Continue reading Tips on Working from Home
Career Paths
Sitting here at 41 with an awesome job that I love, it’s easy to say that work is good. But it wasn’t always good. In fact for a long time work was bad. My jobs were bad, my bosses were bad and the work itself was bad. Moreover, in my 18 years in the full… Continue reading Career Paths
Commuting and the Value of Time
Like many metro areas, Long Island is a commuter’s nightmare. We have three major East/West highways, a couple of minor ones, and a whole bunch of local highways with lights about every 50 feet. A closure of any one road can ruin the commute for hundreds of thousands of people. Any one of our three… Continue reading Commuting and the Value of Time
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