If you must lie, tell them you were on sabbatical or you were backpacking thru Asia or something. OTOH, whats the deal with the harda$$,...
That is EXACTLY what I did/my thoughts are, and I am midway thru my "two year plan" with okay to pretty good results. More income, more...
CEO I would assume? In all seriousness though, and assuming that mostly traders are reading this, entering a partnership in whatever profession...
Does anybody still give stock options to EE's. I know some companies will pay your fees for an L-1 or H1-B visa if you're from India, but with...
Try contract or consulting work. You work for a set amount of time and then when you get that "real job" feeling out of your system you get back...
Of course if its benefits that are a worry (and it shouldn't be for a healthy young single guy) you could always move temporarily to the UK,...
I am exactly in the same situation that you are in. Former EE, miss the interaction, getting bored, etc. I recommend getting out of the house...
Read my post at the beginning of the thread. You live in Michigan where most recent engineering grads can afford to buy a house without a...
It is funny though how those wonderful young ladies come out of the woodwork when they see a young, single, successful guy dangling his Bimmer...
I hear ya. I'm trading full time for the same reasons. Not a "get rich or die trying" kinda guy but you can't blame a guy for wanting a nice...
Must be from the Midwest. Michigan or Ohio.... So bad in Metro Detroit that home prices have been falling for awhile. Highest unemployment in...
I'm an EE also. Do what I did, ask for a buyout from your employer. I didn't get a promotion I wanted, my job was boooring and too easy so I...
US Dollar slide? Everyone saying it will be, but I'm not so sure. I do think the day of choose either a dollar slide or an interest rate hike...
Or you can go long on the US dollar and short the Canadian Dollar. Same effect, no nasty commodity bubble.
Or you can move out of Canada to the US. The capital taxes are horrendous in Canada, and the general attitude of the people there is very...
Dalmatian Coast of Croatia. Maybe one of the islands. Krk or Brac. Live somewhere near Dubrovnik. No capital gains. US style gun laws....
Switzerland. Specifically the Ticino region. Lugano or Bellinzona. There are areas in both Nevada and Washington that are like that. Thats one...
Compared to where I from Las Vegas is extremely safe. Metro Detroit doesn't have the image it has for nothing. Even the good areas are "edgy."...
I'm deciding between Reno/Tahoe, Las Vegas (Home of the Bright Clan), and Vancouver, WA (home of nothing). Each has serious pluses and few cons...
I have lived all of my life east of the Mississippi River. There is a good reason why those who live in the west do not want to go east....
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