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Just got promoted! Not a huge raise in pay, but in this economy anything is welcome. Going out to dinner tonight to celebrate!

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Yay gz!
Next week I'm having a evaluation talk with my boss. Hopefully I'll hear that I get another contract... I'm really liking my job and these days it's so hard to find work.

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Congratulations!

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Congrats.

I do however like the fact of going out and spending money to celebrate a small raise in a poor economy.


What's the new position?

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Trickle down, trickle down :D

Really the same one with a different title. I work for a not for profit association, so its difficult to defend any raise more than "cost of living" to our governing board unless it comes with a title change.

Technically, "Account Executive Manager".

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Does this mean you are going to get more lead roles in Youtube videos?

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No more masturbating at work. Unless you have access to the corporate directory. Man that HR chick is a cutie. What do you mean she is only 15 years old? Who let's their daughter work at their company! Man the CEO was a jerk when he called the police on me. And they say it isn't a tough economy.

/it works if you pace it like Daniel Tosh.

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Funny you should say that. I have a new video coming out soon!

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Some good news to report. I think I mentioned a while back that Triton Container, the container leasing company I do consulting for (I work for Dell Services), was thinking about in sourcing their IT department.

Well, they made the official announcement Monday, and I got my job offer to go work for them today.

Offer includes an 8% raise, and a targeted annual bonus of 10% of my salary. Also, the health insurance benefits are out of this world. It's completely free (nothing out of my paycheck), and the deductible is only $100. Also, they put $1000 a year in an HSA, which rolls over. I can use that to pay the deductible...so basically no matter what happens to me I'm not out anything.

In addition they match $1.20 for every $1 I put into my 401k, up to $6,000.

On top of that I'm going from 10 vacation days to 12, and they reimburse $50 a month towards a gym membership, which will make a big dent in what I spend on CrossFit every month.

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It's a good feeling, isn't it? ;)

Congrats, though.

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I found a new house!! It's an appartment in the village next to mine. I already had plans to move to some temporary thing farther away, but I had a bad feeling about it.

This new one came totally unexpected. I still have to visit it and decide whether I want it or not, but I'm pretty sure I do. :D

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Congrats angrist!!

I know I've popped in and out of here over the past few years, but I figured I might as well just make my "coming back" post in here.

Finishing up last semester of UofT undergraduate degree in poli sci/sociology/international development... currently waiting on all the law schools I applied to to get back to me. fingers crossed (tight enough to break a diamond).

Of all the things that brought me back to this forum is that I remembered some pretty vivid political debates back in the day, so when the SOPA and PIPA debacle started, I found myself wondering what this forum was saying....

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Nice Gimpy! Where did you apply?

I'm at UCLA Law right now, second semester of 1L, and am avoiding putting the finishing touches on a research project due tomorrow. I'm currently looking for jobs for the summer, hoping to land a large or midsize firm position (did well enough first semester to have a realistic shot at it). If not, will do research with one of the Intellectual Property profs.

Also, yesterday I officiated my first wedding. It was for one of my best friends and was on a boat...so I got to wear a captain's hat! :-D

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Well I'm staying within Canada, at least for my first BAR..... i might take it elsewhere later, but I haven't thought that far ahead just yet. Applied to all the schools in Ontario sans UofT. If i don't get in this year, I'm taking a year off to go teach in Korea, and then trying again next year.

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McGill?