Category Archives: Society and Culture
New Workplace Trends: 9 to 5 is So Last Decade!
I have an old friend who works as a software engineer. He holds the same position with the same company as he did over five years ago. His salary has increased steadily each year. Coming from a traditional family where his father valued hard work ethics, integrity, and professional stubbornness, my friend was ecstatic to [...]
The Perpetual Student
It’s a path so many people have decided to take. A backwards path. A path of retracing, rehashing, and starting over. Why do so many people return to settings of higher education so soon after they graduate? Is it a good thing? Before I explore the answer to that question, let’s explain some common reasons [...]
Politics, Religion, and Careers
I write a lot of articles on how to make your professional life better. One of the biggest reasons why so many of us struggle to find our ideal career and are miserable at work is because of just that: we struggle to find it. As if a perfect job is out there, waiting for [...]
Women’s Liberation at Work
A couple of weeks ago I was on my way to meeting with a client on a cool Wednesday afternoon in downtown Portland. I happened to walk by a government building of some sort that had see-through windows on the bottom floor. Inside was a verifiable cube-farm, and a messy one at that. Workers sat [...]
Escaping the Office During a Recession
Escape the Office? I can barely afford to feed myself, let alone my kids. I can barely even keep up with my bills, mortgage and grocery expenses. How can I think about leaving my office job (or any job) and finding a more fulfilling life? This is a common refrain. Therefore, it seems like I [...]
My Black Friday Premonition
Remember this entry from Black Friday one year ago? I know that Black Friday is long over, as we get closer and closer to the consumer rush of the Holidays. Before you head out into that mall to satiate your loved ones’ desires for more stuff, check out the entry I wrote a year ago. [...]
How to Fight Complacency
I will never cease to be amazed by the number of people out there who stand in their own way. What makes a person go to a job they hate day in and day out? Is it fear? After all, in order to survive, one must be able to pay the bills. What makes a [...]
Why TV is Bad for You
As a kid I remember talking to one of my friends at school who was upset because his parents revoked his television privileges for a week for “being bad.” (Whatever that means.) I retrospect, this is probably one of the better things that happened to him as a child. After all, he pretty much lived [...]
The Ethics of Automated Income
There is a new trend that has developed over the last ten years or so with the rise of the internet. A select group of people who call themselves entrepreneurs have silently crept into the reaches of cyberspace and found ways of making livable (And then some) sources of income over the net in an [...]
Boomerang Kids
In the mid 20th century the normal age for kids to move out and begin their careers was somewhere between 18 and 20. Some even did this younger. College was optional as there were plenty of job opportunities as the American industrial age was booming. People often got married and had families in their early [...]
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