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From the monthly archives:
April 2006
Does the idea of a corporate gig give you that warm, fuzzy feeling? Is a raise of 6% per year until you retire to a $20 storebought cake and a Rolex your idea of financial well-being? Did you know that health insurance really isn’t all that expensive? Hey, college boy, do you run around campus to hit up interviews each spring?
Stop already! There are tons of myths out there that protect the corporate lifestyle, but you need not be fooled. If you want to be continually robbed of your freedoms, be my guest, and don’t let the door hit you on the way out. On the other hand, if you want to know how to avoid the corporate rut forever, read on!
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By now, you probably know that I’m a number junky, so it should come as no surprise that I normally spend part of my day picking apart this site’s metrics. Ever since mid March, I’ve had an inordinate amount of “referrals” from NewsGator, and although I’ve checked out the referral URL, I can’t figure out why I’m getting so much inbound traffic from them! Since I’m totally stumped, I’m now turning to you for the answer :)
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Is there or is there not an unwritten, unspoken code of conduct among mature adults? In my opinion, there are interpersonal boundaries that you simply do not cross, and last night, I witnessed an egregious, almost unbelievable breach of this “code.” Seeing how I’m so absolutely pissed off about what happened, I’m going to write an open letter to the guy who broke the rules.
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