Feeling the squeeze

School,Work 5 July 2009 | 0 Comments

The Promised Land is kind of a letdown for over-achievers these days. As the NYT article puts it, Members of this generation have lived their lives like track stars trying to run a marathon at the pace of a 100-meter dash — their parents typically waiting at every turn with a stopwatch. And it’s like [...]

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Should I be freaking out?

Blog-related,Finance 24 November 2008 | 3 Comments

We all know that the economy’s tanking and we’re all going to hell. The American financial sector has been, for lack of a better term, totally PWNED (by itself), and its repercussions have been felt across the globe. Last week, Citigroup slashed 50,000 jobs, which is freakin’ insane. FIFTY THOUSAND!! And today they’ve got a [...]

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