Some changes in my employer’s industry has changed my job’s employment type from salary to hourly. While my manager said he would try to get me promoted as quickly as possible to the salary grade level, I don’t know if I want it. After experiencing the perks that I’m experiencing as an hourly employee, it might… Continue reading A Look At Hourly versus Salaried Employment
Month: June 2011
Why Experimental Learning Is Better Than Book Learning
Let me say that learning from books is a great thing that we have all benefited from greatly! If fact, it would be a sad, sad world if we didn’t have books to learn from. It’s how we learned the majority of what we know! Without the existence of book learning, we’d probably still be… Continue reading Why Experimental Learning Is Better Than Book Learning
Maximizing Time While Changing Car Oil
Well, it’s been 5 months and it’s time to change the oil in my car. I remember as a teenager and later as a cash poor college student changing the oil myself. It’s not really a hard task, but I still hate to waste the time doing it especially during finals week… As a senior… Continue reading Maximizing Time While Changing Car Oil
How To Be Like A Landlord Without Owning Rental Property
I have a friend at work that has experience what it’s like being a Landlord, even though he doesn’t own rental property. My friend (let’s call him Phil), has a 4 bedroom house but only 2 kids. So one year my friend and his wife decided to rent out their extra room. I believe this… Continue reading How To Be Like A Landlord Without Owning Rental Property