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education and career

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what do you think of your higher education?

The city that I live in has a university. Actually, it has more than one, and I think it has a couple of university colleges as well. This means that most of the year there are students about, both in the two main student ghettos and sometimes in the city centre as well.
Now that it’s [...]

why are there many dodgy salesmen, but not as many dodgy saleswomen?

A story by Ron @ The Wisdom Journal reminded me that it’s not uncommon for now respectable members of the personal finance blogging community to have once been salesmen of slightly dodhy insurance policies and other products. I use the word salesmen advisedly, as although there are nearly as many women blogging about personal finance [...]

advice for uni graduates

Don’t stress and be realistic.
Congratulations on your newly minted degrees, I hope you worked hard, had fun, and still have a fully functioning liver at the the end of your years of study. Welcome to real life - hectic, fast-paced and generally a whole lot of fun.
First things first. You don’t have to jump straight [...]

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