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Chances of survival

Job security. Got some? Got enough? If you’re wondering about your prospects in the current economy, you might check out the Job Security Score. It’s a questionnaire that claims to tell you whether you should rest easy or revise your resume. I have no idea how accurate the score might be. I tried to complete it, but gave up [...]

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Punching the clock

When you work for an employer, it’s usually a pretty straightforward contract. You trade 40 or so hours of your week in exchange for a salary and some sprinkles. What happens during those hours is between you and your boss. But when you cut the tethers of employment and became a free agent, what’s the agreement? [...]

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Permission, schpermission

Photo by Lars Klove It’s amazing how we need others to give us permission to break with societal norms and do the unthinkable. I don’t mean unthinkable acts like marrying your first cousin. Unless you’re royalty, in which case, it’s probably ok. Rather, I’m referring to what passes for unthinkable among neurotic social climbers in New [...]

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In praise of whimsy

How serendipitous. A friend of mine sent an article that contained a link to the very story I had been wracking my brain to recall for some time. It’s about a college student who drops out, but chooses to follow his whimsy and takes the odd class in calligraphy. He never finishes college. Years later, however, [...]

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Fail is a four letter word

I understand that J.K. Rowling’s commencement speech at Harvard caused a stir. While some students grew up reading Harry Potter and were delighted to hear her, others felt it was beneath the dignity of the school to have an author of (gasp!) children’s books speak to the future rulers of the free world. I don’t think [...]

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