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Career Evolution

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At the beginning of my senior year of college, I became pretty fed up with my major and the business school. If I hadn’t been only seven classes short of graduation, I would have changed majors and studied something a little more touchy-feely.

It wasn’t a big surprise to most people that knew me that I got a job in the hospitality/tourism industry straight out of school. I loved what I did and hated leaving it, but Washington, DC beckoned.

After a job misstep, I landed at an investment firm. I took the job not because I loved the investment side, but because the situation felt right and the people were good. I stayed four years for a variety of reasons, but left just after the start of this year.
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August 16th, 2008 at 5:14 am

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June 25th, 2008 at 9:28 pm

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As the week progresses…

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…I’m starting think that freelance consulting is a good idea. I like going back to bed. I like wearing sweatshirts and baseball hats. I like spending all day on the couch with the laptop.

There’s only one problem with this.

70house

70house, originally uploaded by nifooto.

No one’s paying me to sit here. D’oh.

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February 7th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

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