Archive for July, 2008
5 Signs You’re An Intern
I’ve paid my dues. I interned at a couple of different companies throughout college. Been there, done that. I’ve identified a couple of ways to avoid looking/acting like the stereotypical intern. 1. Dressing Like a Tool There are three types of interns. Those who overdress and outdo their manager, those who pretend to be a […]
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Tags: career, intern, internship, jobs, money
I’m on Twitter
For those of you looking for updates on my daily financial musings I’m now on Twitter: http://twitter.com/syalam
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Recently I blogged about how the iPhone is an investment. Well, there are two sides to a coin so let’s venture to the dark side, the side Apple public relations tries so hard to keep under wraps. $199? Forget about it. You pay for activation ($18), data ($30/mo), and if you are the least bit […]
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Tags: apple, att, iphone, iphone 3g, steve jobs, stevejobs
The 10 Second Elevator Pitch
People always ask me “Sheehan, what do you really do?” I could bore them to death about how I’m in IT and I develop distributed enterprise applications that enable realtime messaging services for corporate payment accounts – but what does that really mean to your everyday joe (or sally)? The Elevator Pitch What I’m trying […]
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Tags: career, elevator pitch, entreprenuer, jobs, lifehacks, startups, vc
Computer Science Masters of Business Administration Learning Looks like Google is giving out advice on not only how to get in, but how to succeed in a rapidly changing industry such as technology (can be applied to other disciplines too). The challenge for the up-and-coming generation is how to acquire them. It’s easy to educate […]
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Tags: career, computer science, degrees, education, google, jobs, office, technology
The iPhone is an Investment
This past weekend we experienced the second coming of the Jesus phone. The blogging community likes to point out that the overall cost of the iPhone over 2 years is something around $2,000. While that is true it is hardly any different from paying those fee’s with any smartphone, be it Windows Mobile, Blackberry or […]
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Tags: apple, investing, iphone
The Generation Y Dress Code
Some of my friends just getting into the workforce are wondering how they should dress at the office. Corporate America is getting ready to usher in a new wave of emo hippies where being the first commenter on digg means you’re cool. Lets take a look at the do’s and dont’s of the dress code […]
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Tags: clothes, dresscode, fashion, gen y, generation y, geny, jeans, jobs, office fashion, work, work fashion
Wells Fargo Checking – basically is a pool of money to pay off my credit card bills. I only keep as much as I need to make my monthly payments with a couple hundred dollars for cushion. I have budgeted 1/3 of my paycheck for expenses. Wells Fargo Savings – just a backup for my […]
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Tags: american express, budgeting, cd, cd ladder, credit cards, emergency fund, index funds, ing direct, investing, orange, personal finance, savings, vanguard, visa
5 Reasons Not To Splurge
A few days ago I posted on five things you should splurge on. Well there are two sides to every coin so drum roll please… Gym Memberships – If you are going to go to a gym, are smoothie bars and massage parlors going to make a difference to you? You are going there to […]
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Tags: creatine, fastfood, gym, itunes, lifting, money, saving, spending, splurge
The Fratboy Investor 