Living a FI

Plumbers like money.

In the last post, I barely spoke about the actual Job Experience at my new employer, FinancialCompany. Instead, I focused a lot of content on why I dislike the core makeup of office jobs.

That’s getting changed, pronto. For better or worse, this time, I’m going to talk details.

On a high level, I’m going to get into a bit of the hiring process, the culture of FinancialCompany, the staggering amount of learning I must do in order to succeed, and coping with job-related failure.

There is work, and then there is work at FinancialCompany. Let’s get to it.

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Goodbye, Mile High City, and Hello Boston.

In late 2003, I finally quit my first office job. Continue reading →

Year 4, Part 2/2

And back to happy — mostly, anyways.

It’s time to finish up year 4.

In the first part of the year, I finally made critical lifestyle changes to enable a higher savings rate and remove a great deal of job-related stress.

Here in the second part, I realize what it means to go against the grain of my peers when it comes to spending and long term goals.

At the same time I start searching for alternate employment — and not just in my own industry. I examine video game companies and also consider going back to school to receive formal training as a 3-D artist.

And finally, my own employer, SoftwareCompany, moved their support division from San Francisco to Denver. Incredibly, most of my co-workers end up making the move. I had a big decision to make.

Should I stay or do I go?

As it happened, I did both.

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Year 4

Calm down there, buddy… it’s only work!

All jobs eventually come to an end. My tech support role died at the end of year 4.

I didn’t get fired or laid off. I left because it was time for me to go. You’re probably wondering how I built up the confidence to leave, given the wreck that I was toward the end of Year 3.

Easy. I started taking charge of my job, my finances, and my life.

Control. That’s what this year is all about.

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Year 3

Pretty Bad Year

A super quick summary of where we are:

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Year 2

Pretty OK Year

In my second year working technical support, the weeks start to fly by, especially when compared to the first.

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Yes, I did this for four years.

Serious Warning: I’m going to embark on some very long, self-indulgent posts through June the end of July mid-August.

If you read blogs strictly for financial insight, skip these. I won’t be offended, and you’ll thank yourself for not wasting ten minutes every day.

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