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Participant[quote=sdrealtor]I always thought the concept of raises was rather silly. Employer’s know that most people dread looking for jobs. They know most of their employees are too lazy or too afraid of rejection to chase a better life. The only real way to get a decent raise is to get promoted or find a new job.
Bottomline- If you want more, you need to go out and find it. If you wait for it to come to you, well… we all know how that goes.[/quote]
Those are some sweeping generalizations! I for one 1) don’t dread looking for jobs (in fact I get approached with new opportunites almost every week), 2) and not too lazy to chase a better salary (not sure if that equals a better life–there are trade offs in the professional services industry). People in my field routinely move on every 1-2 years as that is the best way to increase your salary. Raises won’t do it at 3-5%.
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]I always thought the concept of raises was rather silly. Employer’s know that most people dread looking for jobs. They know most of their employees are too lazy or too afraid of rejection to chase a better life. The only real way to get a decent raise is to get promoted or find a new job.
Bottomline- If you want more, you need to go out and find it. If you wait for it to come to you, well… we all know how that goes.[/quote]
Those are some sweeping generalizations! I for one 1) don’t dread looking for jobs (in fact I get approached with new opportunites almost every week), 2) and not too lazy to chase a better salary (not sure if that equals a better life–there are trade offs in the professional services industry). People in my field routinely move on every 1-2 years as that is the best way to increase your salary. Raises won’t do it at 3-5%.
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]I always thought the concept of raises was rather silly. Employer’s know that most people dread looking for jobs. They know most of their employees are too lazy or too afraid of rejection to chase a better life. The only real way to get a decent raise is to get promoted or find a new job.
Bottomline- If you want more, you need to go out and find it. If you wait for it to come to you, well… we all know how that goes.[/quote]
Those are some sweeping generalizations! I for one 1) don’t dread looking for jobs (in fact I get approached with new opportunites almost every week), 2) and not too lazy to chase a better salary (not sure if that equals a better life–there are trade offs in the professional services industry). People in my field routinely move on every 1-2 years as that is the best way to increase your salary. Raises won’t do it at 3-5%.
ParticipantSurveyor, add this to McCain’s experience (pretty funny). Maybe we can lobby for a guest appearance on this site!
“In a daring bid to wrench attention from his Democratic rival in the 2008 presidential race, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today embarked on an historic first-ever visit to the Internet.
Given that the Arizona Republican had never logged onto the Internet before, advisors acknowledged that his first visit to the World Wide Web was fraught with risk.
But with his Democratic rival Barack Obama making headlines with his tour of the Middle East and Europe, the McCain campaign felt that they needed to “come up with something equally bold for John to do,” according to one advisor.
McCain aides said that the senator’s journey to the Internet will span five days and will take him to such far-flung sites as Amazon.com, eBay and Facebook.
With a press retinue watching, Sen. McCain logged onto the Internet at 9:00 AM Sunday, paying his first-ever visit ever to Mapquest.com.
“I can’t get this [expletive] thing to work,” Sen. McCain said as he struggled with his computer’s mouse, causing his wife Cindy to prompt him to add that he was “just kidding.”
Having pronounced his visit to Mapquest a success, Sen. McCain continued his tour by visiting Weather.com and Yahoo! Answers, where he inquired as to the difference between Sunnis and Shiites.
Sen. McCain said that he had embarked on his visit to the Internet to allay any fears that he is too out-of-touch to be president, adding that he plans to take additional steps to demonstrate that he is comfortable with today’s technology: “In the days and weeks ahead, you will be seeing me rock out with my new Walkman.”
ParticipantSurveyor, add this to McCain’s experience (pretty funny). Maybe we can lobby for a guest appearance on this site!
“In a daring bid to wrench attention from his Democratic rival in the 2008 presidential race, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today embarked on an historic first-ever visit to the Internet.
Given that the Arizona Republican had never logged onto the Internet before, advisors acknowledged that his first visit to the World Wide Web was fraught with risk.
But with his Democratic rival Barack Obama making headlines with his tour of the Middle East and Europe, the McCain campaign felt that they needed to “come up with something equally bold for John to do,” according to one advisor.
McCain aides said that the senator’s journey to the Internet will span five days and will take him to such far-flung sites as Amazon.com, eBay and Facebook.
With a press retinue watching, Sen. McCain logged onto the Internet at 9:00 AM Sunday, paying his first-ever visit ever to Mapquest.com.
“I can’t get this [expletive] thing to work,” Sen. McCain said as he struggled with his computer’s mouse, causing his wife Cindy to prompt him to add that he was “just kidding.”
Having pronounced his visit to Mapquest a success, Sen. McCain continued his tour by visiting Weather.com and Yahoo! Answers, where he inquired as to the difference between Sunnis and Shiites.
Sen. McCain said that he had embarked on his visit to the Internet to allay any fears that he is too out-of-touch to be president, adding that he plans to take additional steps to demonstrate that he is comfortable with today’s technology: “In the days and weeks ahead, you will be seeing me rock out with my new Walkman.”
ParticipantSurveyor, add this to McCain’s experience (pretty funny). Maybe we can lobby for a guest appearance on this site!
“In a daring bid to wrench attention from his Democratic rival in the 2008 presidential race, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today embarked on an historic first-ever visit to the Internet.
Given that the Arizona Republican had never logged onto the Internet before, advisors acknowledged that his first visit to the World Wide Web was fraught with risk.
But with his Democratic rival Barack Obama making headlines with his tour of the Middle East and Europe, the McCain campaign felt that they needed to “come up with something equally bold for John to do,” according to one advisor.
McCain aides said that the senator’s journey to the Internet will span five days and will take him to such far-flung sites as Amazon.com, eBay and Facebook.
With a press retinue watching, Sen. McCain logged onto the Internet at 9:00 AM Sunday, paying his first-ever visit ever to Mapquest.com.
“I can’t get this [expletive] thing to work,” Sen. McCain said as he struggled with his computer’s mouse, causing his wife Cindy to prompt him to add that he was “just kidding.”
Having pronounced his visit to Mapquest a success, Sen. McCain continued his tour by visiting Weather.com and Yahoo! Answers, where he inquired as to the difference between Sunnis and Shiites.
Sen. McCain said that he had embarked on his visit to the Internet to allay any fears that he is too out-of-touch to be president, adding that he plans to take additional steps to demonstrate that he is comfortable with today’s technology: “In the days and weeks ahead, you will be seeing me rock out with my new Walkman.”
ParticipantSurveyor, add this to McCain’s experience (pretty funny). Maybe we can lobby for a guest appearance on this site!
“In a daring bid to wrench attention from his Democratic rival in the 2008 presidential race, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today embarked on an historic first-ever visit to the Internet.
Given that the Arizona Republican had never logged onto the Internet before, advisors acknowledged that his first visit to the World Wide Web was fraught with risk.
But with his Democratic rival Barack Obama making headlines with his tour of the Middle East and Europe, the McCain campaign felt that they needed to “come up with something equally bold for John to do,” according to one advisor.
McCain aides said that the senator’s journey to the Internet will span five days and will take him to such far-flung sites as Amazon.com, eBay and Facebook.
With a press retinue watching, Sen. McCain logged onto the Internet at 9:00 AM Sunday, paying his first-ever visit ever to Mapquest.com.
“I can’t get this [expletive] thing to work,” Sen. McCain said as he struggled with his computer’s mouse, causing his wife Cindy to prompt him to add that he was “just kidding.”
Having pronounced his visit to Mapquest a success, Sen. McCain continued his tour by visiting Weather.com and Yahoo! Answers, where he inquired as to the difference between Sunnis and Shiites.
Sen. McCain said that he had embarked on his visit to the Internet to allay any fears that he is too out-of-touch to be president, adding that he plans to take additional steps to demonstrate that he is comfortable with today’s technology: “In the days and weeks ahead, you will be seeing me rock out with my new Walkman.”
ParticipantSurveyor, add this to McCain’s experience (pretty funny). Maybe we can lobby for a guest appearance on this site!
“In a daring bid to wrench attention from his Democratic rival in the 2008 presidential race, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today embarked on an historic first-ever visit to the Internet.
Given that the Arizona Republican had never logged onto the Internet before, advisors acknowledged that his first visit to the World Wide Web was fraught with risk.
But with his Democratic rival Barack Obama making headlines with his tour of the Middle East and Europe, the McCain campaign felt that they needed to “come up with something equally bold for John to do,” according to one advisor.
McCain aides said that the senator’s journey to the Internet will span five days and will take him to such far-flung sites as Amazon.com, eBay and Facebook.
With a press retinue watching, Sen. McCain logged onto the Internet at 9:00 AM Sunday, paying his first-ever visit ever to Mapquest.com.
“I can’t get this [expletive] thing to work,” Sen. McCain said as he struggled with his computer’s mouse, causing his wife Cindy to prompt him to add that he was “just kidding.”
Having pronounced his visit to Mapquest a success, Sen. McCain continued his tour by visiting Weather.com and Yahoo! Answers, where he inquired as to the difference between Sunnis and Shiites.
Sen. McCain said that he had embarked on his visit to the Internet to allay any fears that he is too out-of-touch to be president, adding that he plans to take additional steps to demonstrate that he is comfortable with today’s technology: “In the days and weeks ahead, you will be seeing me rock out with my new Walkman.”
ParticipantThat is really a great way to shop neighborhoods.
I knew there was a reason I loved living in NYC so much! Now I have a word for it-“walkability!” Amazing that almost all the top walkable places are old east coast neighborhoods (and SF which may as well be an east coast city, it has the same feel) built before cars became so prevalent. There is a history of New York class taught at Columbia and NYU and there are several required “walking tours.”
ParticipantThat is really a great way to shop neighborhoods.
I knew there was a reason I loved living in NYC so much! Now I have a word for it-“walkability!” Amazing that almost all the top walkable places are old east coast neighborhoods (and SF which may as well be an east coast city, it has the same feel) built before cars became so prevalent. There is a history of New York class taught at Columbia and NYU and there are several required “walking tours.”
ParticipantThat is really a great way to shop neighborhoods.
I knew there was a reason I loved living in NYC so much! Now I have a word for it-“walkability!” Amazing that almost all the top walkable places are old east coast neighborhoods (and SF which may as well be an east coast city, it has the same feel) built before cars became so prevalent. There is a history of New York class taught at Columbia and NYU and there are several required “walking tours.”
ParticipantThat is really a great way to shop neighborhoods.
I knew there was a reason I loved living in NYC so much! Now I have a word for it-“walkability!” Amazing that almost all the top walkable places are old east coast neighborhoods (and SF which may as well be an east coast city, it has the same feel) built before cars became so prevalent. There is a history of New York class taught at Columbia and NYU and there are several required “walking tours.”
ParticipantThat is really a great way to shop neighborhoods.
I knew there was a reason I loved living in NYC so much! Now I have a word for it-“walkability!” Amazing that almost all the top walkable places are old east coast neighborhoods (and SF which may as well be an east coast city, it has the same feel) built before cars became so prevalent. There is a history of New York class taught at Columbia and NYU and there are several required “walking tours.”
Participant[quote=surveyor]gandalf:
However, he comes across to me as a person who’s been in school way too long and hasn’t had the hard experience to give him the judgment he needs to be president. He’s just too green. Until that changes, I don’t believe he will be an effective president.
[/quote]Some quick facts on this last point from his website: He has been in school as long as most senators–4 years of college and 3 years of law school (unless he graduated early on an accelerated program as some do). Total time in school: 7 years (oh, and he’s a high school graduate–I’d want at least that in a president!)
He served as a community organizer in Chicago for about 4 years and a state senator for 8 years./ That’s 12 years out of school in the real world. Then there is his time serving as a US senator most recently, and he did a stint as a private lawyer and law school professor in the early 90s.
So, I think he’s been out of higher education and in the real world longer than he was in academia.
I am curious to know who you would vote for as president–who has the right credentials and experience to gain your confidence? You must agree that it’s a unique job–you can’t transfer in from some other division with the same job description! The constitution prevents foreigners from serving and only other world leaders would be truly experienced enough to run a country. Tony Blair, anyone? (At least he can discuss the issues competently unlike our currently elected brainiac leader….)
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