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I was up 38.5% with a stock. Then they had a cash merger and I lost $1.73 in total. I'd been hoping to pay off my student loans within two years, but life happened and I'm still a year away. Pretty anxious, as any delay costs me a lot of compound interest. I may be a year away.
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"It's Back" would be my vote.
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I don't want to say exactly since I'm in a law enforcement position, but I'm in the Southeast, moving from a flat park to a mountain park. There's some things I miss about my old job already. It sounds lazy because it is, but you were either 100 mph or 0, and the 0 meant long lunch breaks when it's slow, parking it at home if it was raining, or four-hour "lunch breaks" in the off-season. Not too much law enforcement here, which means everyone gets busy with projects year-round and is pretty hard-core about it. I no longer have the option of leaving late because I neglected to make coffee. There can be a lot of good to no real supervision or training, or anyone looking over your shoulder. But that does make professional growth a lot slower, which is ultimately why I moved.
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I got my transfer. Looks like I'll be moving. This is actually a demotion, but I believe having an additional supervisor will help me in the long run, at least professionally. This park is heavier on search and rescue than law enforcement, such as looking for lost hikers until 2am. More maintenance work, which I like, though more teaching classes, which I won't like. But a lot of hiking trails around me, which suits me. Currently the best trails are 45 minutes away. And I'm now 3 hours away from a good friend of mine, as opposed to 6 hours, which should hopefully mean a lot more visits. Pretty happy. I think this is a good move for me.
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Had an interview in order to transfer to a different park. It's actually a demotion but with no pay change. I think my chances are pretty decent, but of course it's not up to me and I don't know a thing about any other applicants. Every other police department has what's called a Field Training program--you get sworn as an officer, but you assist an experienced officer for a long time to learn the ropes and how to do things. My agency doesn't have that and it's hurt my professional growth. The demotion gives me more immediate supervision, which I believe I will benefit from. Right now I'm in a more independent position, so if I make a mistake it's not noticed and rectified until the proverbial fan gets dirty. And when it's other people having to step in and make the corrections, it's a good time to reassess. Yesterday, hearing "We tried to tell you to do X, Y and Z, but it didn't get done" cements that a move is a good idea. I don't ignore suggestions, but they either weren't done appropriately or completely (not necessarily related to law enforcement actions), and more immediate supervision should help resolve that.
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Been thinking more about transferring to a different park. There's things I like here, though. But I don't appear too popular (work-wise, not personality wise) and I'm a little tired of everyone quickly getting really quiet when I walk into the office. There's a couple places I've wanted to go to, though they don't have openings often and transferring is based on seniority (and I don't have terribly much). But others open up fairly often and of course they come with their plusses and minuses.
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Normally I wouldn't touch bitcoin but I recently heard something about China opening up to the possibility of allowing internet currency. http://finviz.com is a good stock screener. http://www.ruleoneinvesting.com/podcast That's a link to the podcast I like the most. The idea is that he's a successful value investor (more long-term than short) hosting with his daughter, who plays the part of the novice investor and asks questions. It's good beginner stuff, though not insultingly simple at all. I'd mentioned dataroma before, but here's a link: http://www.dataroma.com/m/home.php http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/letters.html These are also good reads. Warren Buffet writes an annual letter to his shareholders, which he makes public.
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Yeah. Pension pays 2/3 of what I make now, plus an extra benefit which basically pays social security from when I retire until 65 years old. My only 401k right now is that I get 5% of my salary (as a bonus, not taken from) put into that. I'm in work-supplied housing right now, which is why I'll need a place to live after retirement.
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I don't expect I'll ever have that much tied up in IRAs because I'll be retiring at 54 and as soon as I do I'll be needing to buy a house/condo/apartment.
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I agree with you in a sense. I definitely would make more money in the long term by investing additional money and not being in a rush to pay off the loans. Even at a modest return I'd calculated about $800 more that I'd make with investing to the point my loans were paid. But I decided that being entirely debt-free is worth more than $800 to me. I'll still check out the calculator you posted and see if my own figures were about right, though. Thanks.
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This should be a fun thread. I'm slowly getting into investing since I've finally found a job. It's partly to feed my gambling itch and partly because 401Ks don't tend to beat the market and so I want to do a lot of it myself. I have 5% going to a 401K (I either use that or get nothing at all, so obvious choice) but want to focus on paying off my school loans before I start putting a lot in each month. Rule #1 Podcast is a good place to start to learn about basics and terms. It's focus is value investing and not a lot of short-term moving around. I also use this Graham Number Calculator: http://dqydj.com/graham-number-calculator-for-stock-ticker-you-enter/ I also use Dataroma.com a lot. Any fund worth $100M+ is required to list their buys and sells with the SEC quarterly. It doesn't hurt to just do whatever Charlie Munger is doing, but I tend to look for people who don't move that much around, look for something whose value hasn't changed significantly since the person purchased it, make sure it's in an area I understand, and do my own research on it. A UNLV study was actually done on this covering about 30 years' time--they bought the stocks that Warren Buffet bought on the day it became publicly known at the worst price that day, and then sold it when the sell became publicly known at the worst price that day, and that still resulted in an average 25% gain per year.
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How does shareplay work? I have never done it. I've never done it, either. But as I understand so long as one person owns the game and has PS Plus (at least I think they have to have PS+), you connect with another person who doesn't have to own the game and they can play it. You're booted after an hour, but you can just re-connect and get another hour. But maybe someone who has done it before could correct me on it. My online name is "mattresspad". https://www.playstation.com/en-in/get-help/help-library/apps---features/share-and-broadcast/share-play-on-ps4-and-how-it-works/
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stoutdude, maybe we'll have to set up shareplay so you can try out Battlefield for a while. Black Ops III was my first COD game and I got a bit sick of the jumping around, too. I've seen videos of BOIII people making it all the way around a map without ever touching the ground. A friend of mine will only ever play Call of Duty. Refuses any other game, I guess because he's good at COD and pretty bad at anything else, as if anyone cares how good he is or not. But if anyone plays a lot of Call of Duty and is looking to get better, I highly recommend Captain Shock's youtube videos. The simple/cheap game my friends and I are addicted to is BlazeRush. A lot of fun as a couch multiplayer game.
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I didn't see a thread dedicated to video games in the search, so maybe it would be one of some interest for reviews or comments or whatnot. I got a PS4 a year ago after a long time of not playing. I'm certainly not any kind of big gamer, but there's really nothing to do around my town, so it fits as a good time-killer. Plus one or two co-workers come over after work and play, so it's helped socially. I've played a lot of Call of Duty, but just a few days ago I've become hooked on Battlefield 1. It's more intense, the graphics are far better, and I especially like that you can be a contributor to your team without necessarily getting a lot of kills. I'm marginal-to-bad on Call of Duty, but so far I'm middle of the pack in BF1, which for me is great. I've also been trying to play Dirt Rally. Bought a wheel for it and everything, but still haven't figured out the best settings for it. Still fun, though.
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My only experiences with it are through a main Parks and Recreation website/job board which was advertising a two-year stint running a pool in the Marshall Islands. They offered to interview via Skype. Not out of the country, but there was a similar one for Assistant Recreation Director in Nome.
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A job opened up near Boone, NC, the best city in the state. I've always wanted to move to that area. I'd have the job if I applied for it, but it doesn't come with housing. Rent wouldn't allow me to save very much per month. Through benefits, I'll retire with about my current salary+, but that's only getting by. So anything I can save up now represents vacations, buying cars outright, going out, and generally not worrying about money.
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I was thinking how much easier it would be to work with a boss who already trusts you and would probably be more flexible in giving you time off work to help with the baby, as opposed to being stressed and sleep-deprived at home with a baby, and then going to work and having to prove yourself all over again there.
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I can't add anything to the thread, but especially for someone who's been searching for so long, I hope you wind up with everything you've been hoping for. Wishing you the best.
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Go figure. So I just accepted a conditional offer to a law enforcement Park Ranger position. It'll take 4-6 weeks of paperwork and background investigation and then Police Academy (which I assume is exactly like the movie) before the "conditional" goes away. I can't pretend I've been a choir boy, but I've admitted my worst crime to an officer I work with and he said "You should be ok." Downsides to this job like any other, but I considered my next-best option was being almost 40 years old and selling tickets to take boats on a lake. Anyway, you've all been patient with my whining over the years, a couple of you in particular. So thanks for putting up with me.
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Nope, didn't get the job. A friend of mine is going to be an insurance claims adjuster. I guess it's a four-day class then you pay the fee to get licensed, then you apply to the insurance companies. He says the work pays ok and as an independent it can pay a lot. I keep thinking that if I stayed another summer as a low rung I could be a Park Ranger, but the job pays $32K, almost never gives raises, rotating shifts, weekend work...Maybe the negatives are just too much that something else would be a better idea.
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Had a final interview 12 days ago against just one other candidate. I'm very overqualified and almost all of the interview questions reflected that. They're understandably nervous that I'd be one to quit after just a few months of working, so it looks like their decision will be based on that.
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Thanks, LouisEly. I'm confident I'll land something soon enough. Strange it's taken me so long, but I think it's more about the poor choice that Parks&Rec was to study. But opportunities come open here and there and at this point I think I'd like to stick with what I know I'm good at. Being 37 years old has kind of hampered my desire to experiment with careers. Also I'm not good at staring at a computer. Everyone at my current work loves me because I work hard and am good with the customers, so I think that's a good indication that outside work is where I belong. Apparently a new Director has put a hurry on hiring, so I'll probably hear about a Park Ranger job soon (be it good or bad), and I'm very qualified for an interview I have tomorrow.
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my immediate reaction is to worry what would become of not making it in ND, if it turns out you've quit a decent job to last only a month or two up there because of how insanely demanding the work is. With someone of your intelligence, what about school in petroleum engineering? I looked up a site that said entry-level makes about $90K. For a single guy who keeps eating bologna sandwiches that could mean a lot in the bank.
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Had an interview two weeks ago for a Park Ranger job where I think I was one of only three or four to be interviewed. The city surrounding it is pretty ghetto, but the job represents an ability to save a considerable amount per year. Minus that, my future as a law enforcement ranger is probably done. But have another interview in a week. What I thought was a basic park maintenance job is more similar to a Ranger job minus the law enforcement and interpretation (teaching). Much more ideal for me. Definitely crossing my fingers on that one.
