October 22nd, 2008 | by Robert the Bruce | published in Work
Job security is mostly a myth. The loyalty of employers ends at the bottom line. “You’re losing us a hell of a lot of money Tom, but gosh darnit we’re loyal, so we’re gonna keep paying you!” The one caveat is the U.S. federal government. Once you’ve been there a year, you’re pretty much assured [...]
October 14th, 2008 | by Robert the Bruce | published in Work
This is something I’ve attempted several times in the past and my learning process has always been interrupted by a successful job search (oxymoron?). I was learning Java in 2004 when I got hired by Social Security and I was learning PHP last year when I got hired to do SEO.
I’m not in the [...]
October 13th, 2008 | by Robert the Bruce | published in Good Life, Work
Have you ever been reading a book and all of a sudden you think “my god, this man/woman is a genius.” I had that feeling when reading 4-Hour Work Week and Johnstone says “One afternoon I was lying on my bed and investigating the effects of anxiety on the musculature (how do you spend your [...]
October 7th, 2008 | by Robert the Bruce | published in Good Life, Travel, Work
Autumn, my friend from IHS, is now blogging from her new home in Jujuy, Argentina. I told her that usually I find personal ‘adventure’ blogs to be mind-numbing, but I’m actually enjoying hers. Maybe it’s because I’m starting to plan my own trip to South America in 2009.
Autumn is a fellow Location Independent Professional (LIP). [...]
August 11th, 2008 | by Robert the Bruce | published in Good Life, Improv, Work, Zen
When was the last time you spent a Wednesday night, just sitting at home, watching TV for three hours? That’s what I asked my former boss who I was on the phone with last week, discussing some business. When business is good (and it is for both of us) and you have a ton of [...]
August 5th, 2008 | by Robert the Bruce | published in Good Life, Work
I’m at the beach this week in Rehoboth, DE but I didn’t go to the actual beach today; I stayed in and worked all day. There was a time when I would have loathed the idea of not having a vacation completely devoid of any work time (there was also a time when thinking of [...]
May 19th, 2008 | by Robert the Bruce | published in Work
$37.50. That’s my answer. Actually I would probably go lower. Because for that little money, it’s not about the money.
I know; it’s not worth the hassle. But it is, for me. The cost of my time filing a small claim at the courthouse is worth the feeling that I am not the sort of person [...]