Apr

8

What Happens With Our Kids?

April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

“Seventeen of the nation’s 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent” (cnn.com) — at least that is what the America’s Promise Alliance says (bear in mind it was founded by Collin Powell, ex US Secretary of State and ex Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Republican administrations). [...]

Mar

26

Value : Recession Resistant

March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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

Getting Paid to Learn

March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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

13

Money Zen

March 13, 2008 | 3 Comments

I have friends who tell me that they do not want to be like me. They do not want to worry about money or find a better job. Yet, they complaint that they do not have enough money and that they dislike their jobs but still have to do them to earn their living.
I advice [...]

Mar

10

Dual Income vs. Stay At Home

March 10, 2008 | 1 Comment

Many people have made articles about the difficult decission families face when both of them work and they have kids. The article Dual Income Families and the Economics of the Stay at Home Parent suggests that for a $40,000 earner, the actual after-tax and after child care expenses take home amount drops to a [...]

Mar

10

Schools : How to Get Good Education? Choices…

March 10, 2008 | 1 Comment

Education is priceless but our wallets are not bottomless.  We all want the higest education for kids, but there is a point where we have to call it enough - not because we want to, but because we can’t go further.  The governemnt provides education for kids in the US.  Fairly good one compared to [...]

Mar

7

People are loosing their jobs, and they do not want them back!

March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Loosing your job used to be a terrible thing to happing.  People used be afraid of the mere idea.  It doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.  Today, we found an interesting statistic from the Labor Department: 63,000 jobs lost, but unemployment drops from 4.9% to 4.8%.
It is easy feel surprised.  Less jobs, less unemployment.  [...]

Feb

29

YUM : Yo Quiero Taco Bell : Stock Recomendation

February 29, 2008 | 1 Comment

I like YUM Brands (YUM). They have Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut. They provide the junk food both kids and adults love. And being the underdog (or under-chihuahua), it is not in the spotlight as much as McDonald’s (MCD) — another great company. Take a look at McDonald’s lately. They have the lattes (espresso [...]

Feb

24

My Cash Donations: USO and AMC, Servicepeople and Outdoors

February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I do not donate too much money in cash.  For a long time the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) was the only steady donation.  Today I added one to my steady list (at least for the duration of their current engagement), the United Service Organizations (USO).
Reasons for choosing them:

Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) - They do provide [...]

Feb

8

The Importance of A Simple Thank You

February 8, 2008 | 1 Comment

On 2000 my career had a dramatical change. I moved from being a software engineer (code developer) to being a pre-sales engineer (a field engineer presenting, customizing, demonstrating, and convincing customers my product is the right choice). Two people enabled that opportunity. While I kept in contact with one of them, since [...]

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