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Glad things are going well for you.

@JamesR, yeah I agree that I need to learn more about development to get better at my current role. I’m not even completely sure how I got this job without having development experience. I think I’m going to proceed withthe method you outlined by doing some online tutorials, then finding some simple...

Hello, I haven’t posted here in awhile but have been thinking of an issue that I thought members of this forum could help me with. I’m currently working as a product Manager at a small software company. I would like to change my career to being a software engineer in order to hopefully find remote b...

I live the in western suburbs of Philly. I think the philly area is a pretty ideal place for the accumulation phase as the costs are reasonable, but there are relatively high paying jobs. Much more reasonable than living in nyc.

This is probably the go-to site for ebikes: https://electricbike-blog.com/

I would suggest getting a used steel mountain bike, and converting it to an electric bike. Cheaper than a motorcycle, and you dont have to worry about gas, insurance, licenses, etc...

Jean, One thing I noticed from reading your posts on here is that you’re very genuine and aren’t afraid to speak your mind. This is not a personality trait that is going to get you a job. Employers don’t want anyone who may be a trouble maker. It’s too high risk. From an employers perspective: non-c...

Isn’t this indivualism the reason why it’s so easy to ere here?

When I travel to Europe for work, everyone in the office eats together at the same time and pretty much has the same food from the cafe. I hate it. I’m glad I don’t live in such a conformist culture...

I wouldn’t recommend preaching to people. Who cares what they do as long as it’s not hurting you?

Maybe frugality isn’t right for them?

Than again I don’t have kids and don’t plan on having any so I don’t know what the parent mentality is like.

I already have a lawyer helping me with it, and I’ve asked him to make several changes in the contract. I’m going to just send it back with the changes and see what they say Yes, he told me that they want to put me under contract because I’m a valuable employee. This is a small software company that...

@augustus How do you recommend I go about broaching that topic with my boss? I mean, I can read what it says they will do if I leave in the contract, but I’m not sure if they will actually follow through with it. @suom I think I’m going to have to apply for other jobs now. Arrrgggh. I don’t know wha...

I’m not sure what would happen. I think that they wouldn’t do anything as it probably would cost them more to pay a legal team to take action than it would be worth to them. The only real upside for me is that if they fire me before the contract is up they have to pay out the full two years of salar...

Okay, so if anyone cares - I actually got the contract this week. I can resign at any time as long as I give 6 months notice before doing so. It also looks like they will review my salary Jan 2019 and possibly give me a raise (although, why would they do so if I'm already in a contract with them?). ...

Also, has anyone seen this?

https://www.trustnodes.com/2018/03/06/b ... blockchain

Looks promising

An index fund could be an option: https://crypto20.com/

I read that US investors can't liquidate though, so you have to use an arbitrage bot.

Good point. If its a bootcamp or nothing, a bootcamp is far superior.

The only thing I would be wary of in terms of being a boot camp programmer is that the barrier to entry is so low. It seems like programming is becoming a commodity, while software engineers with cs degrees have more job security and a better outlook.

I could be wrong though.

“When you work for someone else you work 9 to 5, when you work for yourself you work 5 to 9” - an old rich guy I know

@Brute I’m not sure if I could be making that much more than 75k if I took another job now. However, in a year I think I would have enough experience to find something around 90k. Actually, if I moved to the Bay Area I think I could find a much higher paying job now. But, with housing costs I don’t ...

Thanks, you are correct that it’s a sellers market. I plan on taking the contract to a lawyer when I get it to make sure I understand it.

Hello, I’m currently employed at a small software company as a “product analyst”, I’m making 65k, and this is my first job out of college. My boss recently approached me (6 months into the job) with an offer to be promoted to a “senior product analyst” with a salary of 75k. The only catch is that he...