Mar
26
MiddleMan and Providing Value
March 26, 2008 | 1 Comment
I am an independent IT consultant. I think there are fewer of those than the industry needs. The important word here is “independent“. To me, an independent consultant or contractor is someone who helps advance the interests of the end client.
Sooner or latter a consultant finds out that they need more resources [...]
Mar
26
Value : Recession Resistant
March 26, 2008 | Comments Off
CNN reported today that Nursing is a recession proof job. While it certainly tops my list of recession resistant jobs, there are many others: and they do not necessarily have to do with the degree printed on the diploma. Job resistance, in my opinion, is based on value and how much someone needs that value.
Value [...]
Mar
25
Portfolio vs. Portfolio – 20 Days Later
March 25, 2008 | Comments Off
Just to keep myself honest, these are the two portfolios I started tracking (my recommendations since March 6 2008).
This is my poor’s man portfolio experiment:
Company
Symbol
Start Price Mar/06
Actual Price
Win/Loss
Pepsi
PEP
70.13
72
+2.7%
Walmart
WMT
50.04
53.11
+6.1%
Yum Brands
YUM
35.80
37.8
+5.6%
ATT
T
35.06
37.76
+7.7%
This is my Technocrat Portfolio experiment:
Company
Symbol
Start Price Mar/06
Actual Price
Win/Loss
Cisco
CSCO
23.90
25.62
+7.2%
Intel
INTC
19.87
22.11
+11.3%
Microsoft
MSFT
27.58
29.10
+5.6%
Apple
AAPL
120.93
139.98
+15.75%
Had I invested in the DOW 30 (DIA), NASDAQ 100 (QQQQ) or SP500 (SPY), this is how I would [...]
Mar
25
Getting Paid to Learn
March 25, 2008 | Comments Off
I recently started doing tutoring to college students in exchange for money. I do charge considerably less than my standard professional rate. However, the benefits surely go beyond the pay:
Up To Date – The concepts in today’s software engineering courses (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering) are the same they where 15 years ago. The technologies [...]
Mar
22
Supply Expenses: Gillete Razor Blades
March 22, 2008 | Comments Off
I recently started shaving my head. It will be the look for 2008. At the same time I started using the now popular HeadBlade system. I did noticed that the triple blade one (I think they call it Sport) uses clones of a very popular blade: The Gillette Sensor. As it happens, Gillete Sensor was [...]
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