I go out to dinner once a month with a group of friends. I use one of these maps to track where we've been (and when), and what we thought of the place. Being able to customize the markers based on a data field has proven handy.

I must have lucked out then. I said "yes" to pretty much everything too. I ended up with a hell of a lot more job responsibilities and stress, but my salary has increased 30% over the last two years. My boss also told me that the best way to develop the competencies I'm supposed to have for this job is to manage a…

It's not necessarily so bad. My non-compete says that I won't sell competing products to customers that I worked with while I was at my original employer for a period of 6 months after I leave. All in all, I had no trouble signing off on that.

Aha, I'm not the only one! I used to do this as a teenager, and I've just started again after a decade. The money's decent, especially since it's non-taxable and it's definitely helping my fitness level. U-18 boys can run like all get out.

I have to agree that this strikes me as a fairly terrible approach to starting out at a career.