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Defining the greater goal

Find a Job You Love, career, opportunities,the greater goal, financial independence

Brian / December 5th, 2011 / 3 Comments

The news that early retirement/financial independence advocate Jacob Lund Fisker is retiring from retirement and going back to work has got me to thinking; what is the point of all this? In deciding to work towards early retirement, a major motivator was the freedom to do what I wanted, when I wanted to. To be free of the responsibility and obligation to show up at a certain place at a certain time...

Posted in: Philosophy Tagged with: early retirement, Early Retirement Extreme, financial independence, Mr. Money Moustache, purpose, quant trading, The Simple Dollar

Woops – I think I just conformed…

conformed. gift-giving, wedding registry

Brian / September 23rd, 2011 / No Comments

It’s a tough road sometimes. Sticking to your principles, often going against the “norm”. We’re all bound to make mistakes, in fact I made a small one just today. Gift giving in the workplace is a tricky subject. CF touched on this issue in a post back before we transitioned to the new site and I really agree that gifts are to be ‘freely given’. That is, they are...

Posted in: Career and Work, Philosophy Tagged with: bridal shower, gift giving at work, gifts are freely given, live by your principles, meaningful gifts

Is university the answer?

Studentdebt_volunteerism, innovative crowdfund, university education , graduation, college, university

Brian / September 15th, 2011 / 1 Comment

With just over four months to go until my student loan is paid off, I can’t help but wonder – was my university education worth it? The idea of a university degree has an element of romance about it and “higher education” has an indisputable lure to it. But does it pay off? Photo Credit: Xiaobo Song via Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skobo/4345704586/) The university...

Posted in: Career and Work, Philosophy Tagged with: BCIT, cost of college, cost of university

Live your dream – so you don’t end up like this guy…

Live your dream, follow your passion, computer science

CF / August 23rd, 2011 / No Comments

There’s a guy at my work who takes care of all the computer-related stuff for the lab. Let’s call him Jack, short for Jackass. Jack’s in his late thirties or early forties, has two young kids and recently made the manager “manager” level. So he gets paid about 50-55k per year, but he does get a gold plated pension and benefit package thanks to working for the university. ...

Posted in: Career and Work, Philosophy Tagged with: career, pensions, work