Well, one of the ideas of this blog has been validated. Getting canned can often result in putting you in a better situation in the long run. It took less than three weeks from my termination date, but I’ve now got a contract with a new employer that on first appearances seems to be … Read more
Have you ever taken a look at some of the folks that have hung around an office a bit too long and made it all the way to traditional retirement age? It’s not always a pretty sight. Maybe getting fired from your job is a blessing in disguise. Work takes its toll. Decades of sitting … Read more
There’s a good selection of brokers in the “Robo-Advisor” market these days and most are a good choice for a rollover. Wealthfront and Betterment were among the first. Vanguard has an offering. Fidelity and Schwab do as well. I’ve even read recently that E*Trade has jumped on the bandwagon. I have experience with Wealthfront and Betterment … Read more
So the chronology here is as follows. About four years of working in “big corpa” as an analyst for a large dinosaur retailer as of April 2018 and my first official day of being unemployed was this week. There’s a definite adjustment just as the caveman from Plato’s cave had to let his eyes … Read more
The first time I was fired, I deserved it. In fact, I don’t know if I have ever deserved anything more. In a sense, it was a blessing. Being fired was clearly preferable to the other option—being in jail. The second time couldn’t have been more different. It had come as a shock. And to … Read more