airframeng

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Comment · 11 years ago
6) make decisions based on the company's interest rather than your own interest.
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Accountant services
Comment · 11 years ago
You'll have those 10 years of experience in your back pocket in case of emergency. Until then, do your thing, take risks, learn and grow.
Comment · 11 years ago
Great comments here. My advice would be similar to what others have said. Try working with people. Last year I was tutoring high school kids and it was a great experience. Working with stressed out kids was much less stressful than working with stressed out adults and it put everything into perspective. Any kind of work where you are interacting with people in a non-competitive environment (or compassionate environment) but also using your intellectual skills (Don't work at Taco Bell!). Try contracting rather than permanent work. Contracts have an end and you're not committing in the long term which allows you to take breaks to take care of your health between contracts. Focus your energy in maintaining a healthy lifestyle (exercise, eat healthy, get enough sleep, meditate). Do as much as possible to keep your thoughts out there (talking and writing) rather than letting your throughts eat you alive. You're not alone, good luck!
Comment · 11 years ago
I wouldn't focus so much on the tech as on the purpose of what you'll be doing.

In the end, follow your gutt feeling and don't look back.

Comment · 11 years ago
Same way we have records from 10K years ago, by keeping hard copies.

Pull the plug and all e-records become inaccessible.

Comment · 11 years ago
That's true for our generation, but future generations might lose the hability to do both as we move to a 100% digital era.
Comment · 11 years ago
If one earns enough to the point that pocket change (coins) has become a burden to carry around and one has the "opportunity" to give it to the homeless, then it's a win-win.
Comment · 11 years ago
"Chess is a game of perfect information" - perfect but almost infinite/impossible to calculate even for the most powerful computers, within a finite timeframe. The number of legal chess positions is 10^40, the number of different possible games, 10^120. As a comparison, the number of atoms in the observable universe is estimated to be between 4×10^79 and 4×10^81.
Comment · 11 years ago
Dah! No need to read any further.
Comment · 11 years ago
I often exchange from US$ to CAN$ (and vice-versa) and the cheapest way, by far, is to trade in cash. Credit cards use bank rates and bank rates can't compete with currency exchange shops dealing in cash.

The problem comes when you want to exchange larger sums of money.

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