Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

2500 Accident Free Hours

During the move, I stumbled upon an award I earned for driving 2,500 accident free hours for Pizza Hut. Before I resigned in 1995, I think I had exceeded 3,000 AFH.

Should I add this to my resume?
Mr. Smith, I see you graduated from Ohio State and have 10+ years of industry experience. What [...]

Friday, February 16th, 2007

Employment Fitness

Last May I bragged about how unemployment was leaning me out. Throughout the summer I got more and more fit. By December I was closing in on a single-digit body-fat percentage. Should have taken my glamor photos at that time.
Then I did something stupid.
I got a job and my activity level dropped. The job was [...]

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

The Meaning of Work

Here are my thoughts on the ingredients for a good job.

Professional Growth - Building a TRANSFERABLE skill set is the most important thing a job can offer. If you aren’t growing, someone in another company somewhere is and they’ll beat you out of some future job offer. Transferable means that you aren’t growing into their [...]

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

Does My Last Employer Miss Me?

Since I left my last job on May 5th 2006, I haven’t heard from anyone in the company. However, I have noticed that the stock tanked shortly after I quit. The red dot on the chart below is the day I left.

Too bad I didn’t think to short the stock.

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

MAS Saves Energy - A Lot of Energy

Four years ago I wrote this:
Regular readers already know I drive a car that gets 49 MPG. Last month I went all out to lower my gas and electric consumption. To lower the house gas use, I used 2 programmable thermostats to only heat the house during a few key hours in the morning and [...]

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Summer of George To End

It’s official. On Tuesday January 2nd, I will return to the workforce. It was a fun Summer of George. I’ll be working as an ASP.NET developer for a large financial company here in San Diego.

Friday, May 19th, 2006

Running From the Explosion

Two weeks ago I left my job of four years. Since then stock has plummeted 43%. I’m reminded of that classic movie scene where the hero walks away from a car as it explodes and never looks back.