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Archive of posts tagged career

Short term loss for long term gain

It’s been a while since I  have updated you all on the dream job. I applied for a job back in February and over the last 11 months have been slowly moving through the exhaustive hiring process. Thus far, I have peed in a cup (twice), completed a medical screening, passed an extensive physical fitness [...]

I’m willing to bet…

…very few of you PDITF readers work in the financial sector. I sure as heck don’t! People often think that I must have some type of financial credentials (business degree, work in financial sector, etc) to write about money. In reality, all of my “financial wisdom” (or lack thereof) comes from observation and personal finance [...]

Most jobs have their price

Dude, I would totally work just about any job if the money was right. You name it, manual labor, pedicurist, port-o-potty cleaner, pay me enough and I’ll submit my application. Does this make me a “sellout”? Possibly. After all, I would be working for “the money” and not “the passion”. Well guess what ya’ll. I’m [...]

Help Gertrude out!

One of my favorite parts about having a blog is getting reader mail. I love when people ask questions. Not because I think I can provide some incredibly insightful advise, but it affirms that people value my opinion. Instead of me directly responding to the following email, I figured I’d post it up here [...]