Sure, but the higher cost of business are part of the reason why so many jobs go to Mexico and Canada.

Interesting, but it would be a lot more useful with finer-grade breakdowns that just generic “tech.” Most of these places are going to have a specific flavor of industry and disciplines that they support, and not all will be good places to consider once you start factoring those in.

I do this, but substitute “Martha Stewart” for “Alton Brown” or “Cooks Illustrated” in the search term.

So this is how Amazon is going to do its deliveries in the future. Good to know. :-)

Wow, thanks for that link. I’ve always thought it was lame to have to look in newspapers for estate sales.

That has been my experience as well. There are some great recruiters and staffing agencies I’ve worked with, on both the job-hunting and the hiring side.

YES!! Love that show! It just seems wrong that the hand tools are just as expensive as the power tools.

I’d love to try out woodworking with hand tools but whenever I’ve looked into it, it seem prohibitively expensive. By the time you finish paying for the different planes you’ll need, you could have outfitted a shop with the equivalent power tools.

In engineering, there are tons of jobs listed by headhunters who don’t provide the company name, which has been the accepted business practice for the two decades I’ve been in the industry. The legit headhunters get paid by the employer, so if you ever get on the phone with one that wants to sell you on something…

Its says on the job opening in LinkedIn who posted the opening. Usually its an HR person, and I’ve had good luck contacting them directly in the past.

I missed that nuance. Very interesting.

I always thought this was the way everyone used LinkedIn. Contacting the job poster directly has always been a good way to get straight to the first gatekeeper. For my corner of the tech industry, its always someone from HR who posted the job opening, but even then it is still better than just sending your resume into…

Maybe do a stock market game with them so they can see it in action? I can see getting lost in the formulas at that age.

Compounding interest. Basic investing in stocks, mutual funds and indexes.

Knee pouches are a thing now? I guess we *are* in one of the tacky decades.

Great writeup!!

Who knows how much punishment she takes in training, though.

I don't think our situations quite match up, but I'm more than happy to share. We had two kids biologically and then adopted #3 and #4, who were just past the diaper stage. Thinking about adopting #5 as well. My wife is a stay-at-home mom, which helps. And don't let anyone fool you...that is a full time job!!

We've got 4 kids currently, and are thinking about adding a 5th.

What's wrong with pulling up from the corner with a pair of pliers and rolling until it is up, or (for larger rooms) until you hit seam tape?