Work

Introduction

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

What I am going to be talking about here is freedom. Not in the sense of Preserving Our Liberties and Fighting The Great Government Conspiracies, but the things that really impact our personal lives.
Not that government encroachment on our traditional liberty isn’t a worrying trend, and I may touch on it now and then, but […]

The Incredible Shrinking Wage

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

I’m going to be referring now and then to how much time you have to work in order to pay for this or that. When looking at your rate of pay for the purpose of these calculations (or any similar figuring you might be doing on your own) don’t simply use your official rate […]

Who Will You Be When You Grow Up?

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

It has been nearly 18 months now since my son was born and I am still trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up.
I know what I am. I’m a dad. No job, no career, will ever be more important than that. Unfortunately, while very rewarding in […]

No Good Work Goes Unpunished

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

There is a school of though, which I have seen advocated on certain online forums, that no matter what your job is you should be willing to do anything your boss tells you. For example, if you were a highly paid specialist engineer and your boss told you to make him some coffee and […]

Diversify Your Paycheck

Monday, January 14th, 2008

I haven’t had a job since the end of 2000, when the Dot-Com I was working for dropped dead by the side of the road.
That sounds a lot worse than it really is. I have a long history of making money that doesn’t come from an employer and after a few months of trying […]

Once More Unto the Breach

Monday, March 31st, 2008

The past several weeks have been very frustrating ones at work, not just for me but for one of my clients as well. What with one thing and another I’ve been averaging six long days every week. That’s a lot of time in front of computers.
It started with a client’s move to a […]