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It’s Hard to Get Out There and Suck
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential,… [Read More]
Simple advice for job hunters on the Series 7
Just about every year at this time, I receive emails from former students who are job hunting and looking for advice. They are often looking for finance jobs that require a Series 7, and they are hoping I can sponsor them or something. (I often sponsor students for the CFA exam, which is the source… [Read More]
Togo: The Village of Waiting
George Packer is an accomplished writer covering national and international politics. This is his first book, published in 1988. It’s about his experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer in Togo from 1982-1984. It’s a nation of seven million very poor people. When Packer was there, the country was transitioning from a republic with temporary military… [Read More]
The 2014 Blogathon is getting started
For the last several years, Michelle Rafter of WordCount has organized a blogathon. This year, she can’t take it on, so the good folks at Freelance Success are doing it instead. Here’s how it works. First, you sign up! When you do that, you commit to putting one post per day on your blog for… [Read More]
