Young and Frugal

Business and Personal Finance for Millennials

Entries for August, 2008

On Changing The World

I am going to change the world.
Really… I am.  I can be anything I want to be.  A CEO, an Entertainer, an Olympic Gold Medalist; whatever I work towards I can acheive.
I was 5 years old when I first said that, and society reaffirmed me, you told me “yes, you can be whatever you want [...]

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Gas Prices Down!? Why I’m Not Celebrating

Gas prices have tumbled in the past few weeks as peak travel season has passed, and while it feels great to pay $.70 less than we were a month ago, we all need to keep conserving gas.  It was almost 4 months ago when I wrote Ten Tips for Saving Money on Gas, at that [...]

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E-mail Problems!

If you have contacted me in the last week, you probably got an error response.  I’m sorry!  When I went to a different host, I had to repoint the DNS server, and when I did this it messed up my google Apps e-mail.  I spoke with BlueHost, they were great, and should have it fixed [...]

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Getting a Job: Networking

I am doing a series for recent grads called Getting a Job.  I want to cover things that are imperative to know going forward after graduation.  Chances are you didn’t learn these things in school, and/or your career development center at school sucked.
Last week I wrote a resume crash course called “Getting a Job: The Resume”, and [...]

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How a Drunken Conversation About Third Base Got Me a Job

I was 19 and sitting at a table on the patio of a famous restaurant in Los Angeles with my girlfriend (now wife) and her loud family and friends.  We had killed 4 or 5 bottles of wine, and somehow the conversation drifted to us speaking loudly about third base and all aspects of it.  Needless to [...]

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Updates!

OK, I’ve promised this for too long, Young and Frugal has been updated and redesigned.  I hope you enjoy it, and if you see anything that may need my attention (broken links, pictures not showing…) please let me know!  I think I got everything covered, but it’s not that easy, and I’m still working on [...]

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Getting a Job: The Resume

For the next few weeks I will be doing a series for recent grads called Getting a Job.  I want to cover things that are imperative to know going forward after graduation.  Chances are you didn’t learn these things in school, and/or your career development center at school sucked.
The Resume: A 10 step crash course
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