Company loyalty is overrated in this day and age. Long gone are the days of pensions and opportunities to work at one company for life. Due to globalization, being loyal is a suboptimal move. How Company Loyalty Screwed Me Before Instead of leaving for another firm, I simply asked my boss in a nice way […]
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Most people dream about getting rich. Yet, many of those people aren’t willing to put in the work. Are you too proud to be rich? I hope not! Let me share with you some great insights I learned from a visit I had to Uber’s corporate office in San Francisco years ago. I, along with
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Previously, I had written about my struggling friend Jabir who was unemployed for a couple years before he discovered Uber. He drove for Uber for a year before switching over to be a dedicated hotel driver. In this post, my other friend Harry shares why he drives for Uber even though he’s financially thriving. Enjoy!
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I have a feeling Millennials will be the richest and happiest generation ever. Due to a massive generational wealth transfer, one survey found Millennials don’t really care about money as a result! I’d be happy too if I didn’t have to grind for 13 years in investment banking to be able to buy a house
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Every single startup’s dream is to get acquired or go public for big bucks. However, there is a downside for a startup getting acquired as well. Mainly capped upside and employees getting screwed. In the fintech world, the startup acquirers are the large financial institutions like Fidelity, BlackRock, JP Morgan, and Bank of America with billions
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Love your colleagues. If you love your colleagues, you will get paid and promote faster. Everyday, we are inundated with e-mails. I personally get over 300 a day, and other colleagues I’ve heard get 500. Â Despite many of the e-mails being largely irrelevant, or impersonal given the blast distribution trend, it’s worth responding every once
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Are you wondering how to make people happy all of the time? I’m not sure that’s a wise endeavor, but let’s see if we can try. When I was ruminating on whether or not to go back to work after two years of absolute freedom, my friends all thought I was crazy. “What if your
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When you’re interviewing for a job, first impressions are everything. To start, wearing the appropriate interview attire is key. Over at “Laid Off And Looking”, one of the bloggers posts about the “Perils of Interview Attire.” He received positive feedback about his skills, but a middle manager told him after his second round that he
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The following is a guest post from John, a regular reader of Financial Samurai, on how to earn a six figure income right out of college. My first interaction with Sam was a comment I made on what would become one of Financial Samurai’s most popular posts of all time: The Average Net Worth For The Above Average
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Hear that? That is the sound of another self-righteous employed person complaining about the unemployed sucking up resources and driving the government deficit further into the red. Who cares employed people?? You guys aren’t the ones who are struggling to find a job in this economy! Several Truths About Being Unemployed 1) Few can live a
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