A team I work with at my employer is hiring a project manager. They included me as one of the interviewers. Interestingly, after the initial phone screens the three final candidates invited over for face-to-face interviews are all immigrants. They don’t speak perfect English. Some started in fields completely different than the field my employer […]
Lifestyle Design: Choose What You Do
I’ve been thinking about this for some time. This is a follow-up to the previous post Lifestyle Design: Choose Where You Live. I took this picture during my vacation to help make the point: It was taken on the famous Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru. The classic Inca Trail takes four days and […]
Unvested RSUs As Golden Handcuffs: What To Do?
As I mentioned in last Friday’s post, I had interviews for a new job. The interviews went very well. They liked me; I liked the company and the job. After the interviews, the hiring manager gave a verbal go-ahead. Now I’m handed off to HR to talk about the compensation package. This turned out to […]
Better Work For A Large Company Or For A Small Company?
If you work as an employee, do you work for a large company or for a small company? If you have worked for both types, which do you prefer? Speaking of looking for a new job for better pay, a former colleague just told me an opportunity at the company he’s working now. Because he […]
Career Advancement Or Side Business?
Reader simplesimon left this comment to my post last week Wages During and After Recession: Regarding how to earn more, check out the I Will Teach You To Be Rich blog by Ramit Sethi. He tries to get people thinking on what their skills are and how to turn that into income. From what I’ve […]
Wages During and After Recession
Once upon a time, a now-defunct financial media company had a Twitter contest asking people to put a piece of financial advice into three words. My submission was: Earn, Save, Invest I didn’t win, but I still think that’s basically everything about personal finance. If I’m allowed a fourth word, I would throw in Insure […]