The Job Experience, Academia: Year #13 - Present

 

This ain't Hogwarts.

This ain’t Hogwarts.

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

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August 2014 Expenses

These new Yoda dollar bills seem to destroy themselves somehow...

Dammit, Yoda, I need that!

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

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The Job Experience, Hell: Year #12

hell

Don’t bother bringing a bathing suit.

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.
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The Job Experience, MegaSoftwareCoSupport: Year #11

The Infinite Cube Farm Awaits

MegaSoftwareCo’s Infinite Cube Farm. Not depressing at all, right?

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

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

startupvilleforsale

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

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The Job Experience, StartupVille: Year #8

startupville

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

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July 2014 Expenses

sewer

 

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

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The Job Experience, IT Plumbing: Year #7

Don't cry, Mario -- There's a lot of coins up there.

You can’t dry your teary face with coins, Mario, no matter how many there are.

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

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It’s Not About The Money Anymore

walkingaway

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

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The Job Experience, IT Plumbing: Year #6

Year 2 = More Coins

Year 2 = More Coins

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.

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