Tagged: work

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Where Work Pays

I have a treat for you today readers.  You know I love me some maps, especially interactive ones.   I recently discovered a very nifty site that serves up salary data for 320 different occupations across the country.  In other words,...

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Are You The Mission Or An Enabler?

A little while back I did a post called Is Your Job Total B.S.?  It discussed a Bloomberg article about David Graeber’s book, Bullshit Jobs. In sum Graeber, asserts that most jobs today are total B.S., especially what he calls...

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A Day In The Life Data Visualization

I have a cool post today to show an awesome data visualization website I stumbled upon.  I know, you’re thinking “who stumbles upon data visualization websites?”  Me, that who.  I’m waving my dork flag high! Using data from the American...

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Is Your Job Total B.S.?

You read that right.  Is it?  I mean, if your job and what it produces went away tomorrow, would the world be worse off? That’s the thrust behind a book from a guy named David Graeber, and this article from...

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The Gig Economy Isn’t Really Growing

To me, it can be harder than ever today to separate perception and reality.  There’s just too much information out there, so it’s often a forest/trees issue. So yesterday I saw this from Bloomberg – despite what you think or what...

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Review: Deep Work by Cal Newport

As I mentioned in my last book review, I was hesitant to start a blog for the simple reason of the social media time necessary to market and get readership.  I’m not a fan. In his book, “Deep Work”, Cal...

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For Better Work-Life Balance, Work More

You heard it right.  I like Lifehacker, they usually put out good content that’s helpful in many aspects of life but they’re definitely not immune to the absurd and outrageous.  A few weeks ago they ran this hilarious post that...

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What I Signed Up For

I’ve been semi-retired to part time at my W2 job since October of 2017.  I wrote about my initial experiences and feelings early on back in November, but it’s my intention to keep updating my experience as the journey progresses....

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