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Consider consulting in china

Thirty days ago, the GM for our Beijing R&D center calls me up cold. Asks if I wanna come over to Beijing on a two year contract paid the equivalent in RMB to my existing US salary.

For example, let’s say I make $175K/year today. Next month I’m in China making 6.8 X 175,000 = 1.2 million RMB/year. However, no ex-pat package (no housing allowance…etc)

Implication: built-in salary increase every year in dollars, due to the exchange rate move! Plus I get my typical raise on top of that.

My wife forced me to turn down that offer. She’s Chinese and yet doesn’t want to go back to China! I married a Chinese and that prevents me from now living in China? How the hell does that make sense? We had a full week of yelling matches over that topic.

She’s a high school teacher who is only one year away from getting her tenure…and she has just landed a full time job in Palo Alto, one of the most sought-after Silicon Valley school districts (both for teachers and students). She didn’t want to give that up for a teaching position in Beijing.

True story.

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Consider consulting in china

Thirty days ago, the GM for our Beijing R&D center calls me up cold. Asks if I wanna come over to Beijing on a two year contract paid the equivalent in RMB to my existing US salary.

For example, let’s say I make $175K/year today. Next month I’m in China making 6.8 X 175,000 = 1.2 million RMB/year. However, no ex-pat package (no housing allowance…etc)

Implication: built-in salary increase every year in dollars, due to the exchange rate move! Plus I get my typical raise on top of that.

My wife forced me to turn down that offer. She’s Chinese and yet doesn’t want to go back to China! I married a Chinese and that prevents me from now living in China? How the hell does that make sense? We had a full week of yelling matches over that topic.

She’s a high school teacher who is only one year away from getting her tenure…and she has just landed a full time job in Palo Alto, one of the most sought-after Silicon Valley school districts (both for teachers and students). She didn’t want to give that up for a teaching position in Beijing.

True story.

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Consider consulting in china

Thirty days ago, the GM for our Beijing R&D center calls me up cold. Asks if I wanna come over to Beijing on a two year contract paid the equivalent in RMB to my existing US salary.

For example, let’s say I make $175K/year today. Next month I’m in China making 6.8 X 175,000 = 1.2 million RMB/year. However, no ex-pat package (no housing allowance…etc)

Implication: built-in salary increase every year in dollars, due to the exchange rate move! Plus I get my typical raise on top of that.

My wife forced me to turn down that offer. She’s Chinese and yet doesn’t want to go back to China! I married a Chinese and that prevents me from now living in China? How the hell does that make sense? We had a full week of yelling matches over that topic.

She’s a high school teacher who is only one year away from getting her tenure…and she has just landed a full time job in Palo Alto, one of the most sought-after Silicon Valley school districts (both for teachers and students). She didn’t want to give that up for a teaching position in Beijing.

True story.

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“Got Job?”

I got a comfy six-figure job….but I’m working for a major CM (Contract Manufacturer).

So I’m pretty much f____d. CM’s are extremely recession-sensitive. We get paid to take on risk, to lay off employees so our customers don’t have to.

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“Got Job?”

I got a comfy six-figure job….but I’m working for a major CM (Contract Manufacturer).

So I’m pretty much f____d. CM’s are extremely recession-sensitive. We get paid to take on risk, to lay off employees so our customers don’t have to.

[stockstradr]

“Got Job?”

I got a comfy six-figure job….but I’m working for a major CM (Contract Manufacturer).

So I’m pretty much f____d. CM’s are extremely recession-sensitive. We get paid to take on risk, to lay off employees so our customers don’t have to.

[stockstradr]

“Got Job?”

I got a comfy six-figure job….but I’m working for a major CM (Contract Manufacturer).

So I’m pretty much f____d. CM’s are extremely recession-sensitive. We get paid to take on risk, to lay off employees so our customers don’t have to.

[stockstradr]

“Got Job?”

I got a comfy six-figure job….but I’m working for a major CM (Contract Manufacturer).

So I’m pretty much f____d. CM’s are extremely recession-sensitive. We get paid to take on risk, to lay off employees so our customers don’t have to.

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Take a look at gold in 24 hour trading.

ABOVE $900, and heading straight UP like it got a rocket under its ass.

Bring the pain!

I just placed an order for one hundred grand more of GLD to execute at open.

I’m getting a good feeling about gold. The common sheep seem to be getting the gold bug disease, running to safety. That’s what I like: lots of damn dumb sheep all deciding to go the same way I’m already going.

I wonder if GOLD breaks through $1,000 tomorrow?

[stockstradr]

Take a look at gold in 24 hour trading.

ABOVE $900, and heading straight UP like it got a rocket under its ass.

Bring the pain!

I just placed an order for one hundred grand more of GLD to execute at open.

I’m getting a good feeling about gold. The common sheep seem to be getting the gold bug disease, running to safety. That’s what I like: lots of damn dumb sheep all deciding to go the same way I’m already going.

I wonder if GOLD breaks through $1,000 tomorrow?

[stockstradr]

Take a look at gold in 24 hour trading.

ABOVE $900, and heading straight UP like it got a rocket under its ass.

Bring the pain!

I just placed an order for one hundred grand more of GLD to execute at open.

I’m getting a good feeling about gold. The common sheep seem to be getting the gold bug disease, running to safety. That’s what I like: lots of damn dumb sheep all deciding to go the same way I’m already going.

I wonder if GOLD breaks through $1,000 tomorrow?

[stockstradr]

Take a look at gold in 24 hour trading.

ABOVE $900, and heading straight UP like it got a rocket under its ass.

Bring the pain!

I just placed an order for one hundred grand more of GLD to execute at open.

I’m getting a good feeling about gold. The common sheep seem to be getting the gold bug disease, running to safety. That’s what I like: lots of damn dumb sheep all deciding to go the same way I’m already going.

I wonder if GOLD breaks through $1,000 tomorrow?

[stockstradr]

Take a look at gold in 24 hour trading.

ABOVE $900, and heading straight UP like it got a rocket under its ass.

Bring the pain!

I just placed an order for one hundred grand more of GLD to execute at open.

I’m getting a good feeling about gold. The common sheep seem to be getting the gold bug disease, running to safety. That’s what I like: lots of damn dumb sheep all deciding to go the same way I’m already going.

I wonder if GOLD breaks through $1,000 tomorrow?

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Bring the pain.

This is an excellent mantra, for the times. I like it. However, I think you need to add an exclamation point, as in:

Bring the pain!

There. Better.

peterb, I think you just coined THE classic catch phrase for our dire straits. And it does express a feeling of healthy stoicism.

[stockstradr]

Bring the pain.

This is an excellent mantra, for the times. I like it. However, I think you need to add an exclamation point, as in:

Bring the pain!

There. Better.

peterb, I think you just coined THE classic catch phrase for our dire straits. And it does express a feeling of healthy stoicism.

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