Author Archives: livafi

The Job Experience, Academia: Year #13 - Present

  We’ve made it to the last entry in the Job Experience series of posts.

Posted in Backstory | 45 Comments

August 2014 Expenses

It’s time to run the numbers for this month.

Posted in Expense Tracking | 10 Comments

The Job Experience, Hell: Year #12

Most jobs are a mixed bag. In most cases, the sum of the parts end up being something you can live with for a while. Year 12 wasn’t one of them.

Posted in Backstory | 39 Comments

The Job Experience, MegaSoftwareCoSupport: Year #11

We’re thankfully close to the end of this whole Job Experience set of posts. There are just three more employers to go.

Posted in Backstory | 10 Comments

The Job Experience, StartupVille: Years #9 and #10

Fact: Time flies when you’re having fun and drips like molasses when you’re not.

Posted in Backstory | 19 Comments

The Job Experience, StartupVille: Year #8

Up to this point in my professional life, work had been a constant challenge.

Posted in Backstory | 7 Comments

July 2014 Expenses

  This month I’m crunching expenses a couple of days early.

Posted in Finance | 2 Comments

The Job Experience, IT Plumbing: Year #7

It’s Year 7 of my employment experience, and it’s changing me.

Posted in Backstory | 26 Comments

It’s Not About The Money Anymore

If you read this blog at all, you know that I’m caught in the middle of conflicting desires.

Posted in CurrentLife | 11 Comments

The Job Experience, IT Plumbing: Year #6

My second year at FinancialCompany is, in many ways, different from any other year in my life because I began working for a legitimately horrible boss.

Posted in Backstory | 11 Comments