Ya don’t say
This will probably be my last work-related post (atleast for awhile). If you know where I work, please don’t tell. If you don’t know where I work, please don’t ask. It’s not a secret but it’s something that people don’t need to know and I’d appreciate it if they didn’t. With that said, work’s been crazy as of late. Not because I have all this work to do, which I don’t, but because I circulated my resume late. I’ve had 4 interviews in the last 2-3 weeks for a full time position. I only have 2.5 weeks left and I want to leave here with a full time offer. I still have 2-3 more offices to interview with before I make my final decision. I had an interview today and they are everything that I want. They do the kind of work I want to do, they offer the training I want, they use the programming style I like, they have the exposure I want, and they offer the flexibility I want. If I really like what I say I want in a job, this would be a great match. I was talking to someone yesterday who worked here, then for another company, then came back and I asked him why. He works not for the paycheck but of the job. The difference of 30-40k is worth the 1900 enjoyable hours of work a year. Someone today said that he couldn’t believe they would paying him to do what he does at his job because he enjoys it so much. My dad told me to find something I’d do for free, then to find someone to pay me to do it. That’s a good job. I can’t let money get in my way of making a good job choice.
Similar in topic, I was looking at some retirement stuff with an intern who shares my desk. A guy in the next cube heard it and joined our conversation. This guy loves math and he was sharing why our retirement plan is so good. They match the first 5% I put into my retirement. On top of that, it is tax deductable. He was saying that if I put in 10% of my income which is 500 a month, 6,000 for the year, I would save that times the tax bracket I’m in (he used 15%) which would save me 900 a year in taxes. On top of that they match the first 5% (of 10%) so they would give me 250 a month towards my retirement. That adds up to 9900 right off the bat. I just made a 65% return on my money. Then I get interest on top of that until I pull it out for retirement. Not a bad ROI.
Lastly, I was someplace talking about public speaking and how in my 8th grade class we were not allowed to say “umm, like, or uhh”. I noticed how many times I say ‘like’. I’m not like a valleygirl (see, I used it right there). Many times it seems as if I’m using it in the correct way. Comparing something to something else. But many times it’s superfluous. I’m going to cut down and try to eliminate the use of ‘like’ in my vocabulary.