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Always give back

give back, pay it forward, good karma, show appreciation
I strongly believe that it’s important to give back when you have success.  Now, I don’t mean give to charity – if you give to charity, you are likely giving a large chunk of your money towards the salaries of administrators rather than to the cause itself.  Instead, I mean that you should give back directly to the people and things most important to you – in other words,...

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Posted in: Career and Work, Philosophy

My Myer-Briggs personality type

My Myer-Briggs personality type
I was watching hockey with some friends the other day when the subject of the Myer-Briggs personality test came up.  It’s a pretty famous questionnaire which attempts to categorize individuals based on how they perceive the world and make decisions.  It also makes interesting connections between careers and personality types.  I hadn’t thought about my personality type in a long time...

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Posted in: Philosophy

Updates: March 11 – 17

What a week. One co-worker quit, one co-worker pregnant and I got a promotion! Most significant in my every day life, of course would be my promotion – increased responsibility and increased (yet to be determined) salary. Combined with CF’s new job, there is going to be a lot of budgeting and re-budgeting as we figure out how our new financial arrangements will work. In the meantime though,...

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Posted in: Weekly Updates

I can haz jobz?

i can haz jobz? excellent benefits, interviewing, negotiating, compensation, benefits, new job, job interview
In two more months, I will be finished with school for the second time in my life.  And not a second too soon! It’s easy to start wondering: What’s next?  Well, in my program, there’s a lot of competition for hiring graduates.  In fact, many of my fellow students started interviewing for jobs as early as November of last year!  I’ve had a total of 12 interviews for 6 companies....

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Posted in: Career and Work
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