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Colleges Are Closing Their Doors Rapidly – What Does That Mean?
Musing Over Colleges Closing Their Doors While perusing Twitter (or X, if you prefer) the other night, I came across an article so shocking, I had to read the title twice: Colleges are now closing … Read the rest
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Reverse Budgeting and Building a Case for Opportunity
*NOTE: This is part 8 of a series on budgeting.* If you have missed the previous articles in this series, I encourage you to read them before moving forward – they are in linear order for the reader’s sake: Budgeting … Read the rest
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Do you need a college degree to get a good job?
**Updated for 2023** I grew up during a time when people used to toss around the mantra, “You have to go to college to get a good job.” I wouldn’t be surprised if it were still tossed around today. … Read the rest
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Generational Wealth
What, you ask, is Generational Wealth? And, more importantly, how do you create it? Allow me to dive into this great topic and let’s see what we can gleam from it. What is Generational Wealth It takes time to build … Read the rest
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Don’t know what you want to do for a living? Get a job
***Updated for 2023*** Don’t know what you want to do for a living? Get a job Seriously – get a job – any job at all. Are you getting ready to graduate from high school? Already graduated? Are you looking … Read the rest
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Education Vs. Experience Part 1: Which Is More Valuable?
***Updated for 2024*** *NOTE: This is Part 1 of a series on education vs experience.* For years now, there has been an argument brewing on this website and the various posts which adorn it. It is true that I have … Read the rest
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Classes – not degrees – enhance an individual
This topic inadvertently came to mind while I was writing another post, which seems to be the genesis for many of my articles here recently. I began to articulate in the other post the idea that classes and not degrees … Read the rest
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The benefits of the skilled trades
What exactly are the benefits of working in the skilled trades? Are there actual benefits to being a skilled tradesman? After all, doesn’t the stigma that those who work with their hands are somehow less intelligent have a ring … Read the rest
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Conversations with Tradesmen – HVAC
I’m going to start a new category called “Conversations with Tradesmen” where I do primarily just that: I have conversations with tradesmen of all different crafts and discuss the pros and cons of their trade, location, work, etc. I find … Read the rest
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Higher Education? – Book Review
***Updated for 2023*** I discovered The Math Myth and Other STEM Delusions by Andrew Hacker doing some research for something else entirely. I quickly ordered the book, read it in short order, underlined so many portions my pencil complained … Read the rest
