fratanomics

Member Since 06/11/2013

  • fratanomics 11 years ago on Steps for Handling a Crisis Situation

    First thing I would do after calling the cops is head to the BMV. If you have a passport, it takes less than an hour to get a new license. I’d also hit up the bank on the way home and grab some cash for the week. Also I’m surprised the CC company required a police report. Mine just gave me a temporary credit till they could verify it was indeed fraud.

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  • fratanomics 11 years ago on Justin Bieber Is A Better Person Than You

    I wouldn’t be stupid enough to have a DUI to my name. If you have $150 million in the bank, you have enough money to pay someone to street race your car for you (or do it while your sober). Fuck even Frankie Muniz wasn’t stupid enough to do this shit.

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  • fratanomics 11 years ago on An Entry-Level Blueprint To Using LinkedIn

    If your linkedin photo isn’t a photo of a crime in progress, it really shouldn’t matter. Half of my friends have a company headshot. The other half of my friends crop a headshot from something like a wedding or another non-alcohol fueled outing you’d find on facebook. Chances are if the picture did make a difference, your resume was not a fit for the position or you would have hated the company.

    Also don’t ignore recruiters and open positions. Shoot a message back at the very least. They were looking at your profile for a reason.

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  • fratanomics 11 years ago on The Perks Of Working For A Big Company: Expectations vs. Reality

    My job has a pretty big break room with a bar, foosball, ping pong, and an old arcade simulator with a bunch of games. Most of that stuff is for after work or during lunch. Luckily the Keurig is half well stocked, but I just toss a box of tea in my desk. If the coffee is short, I can actually drink the tea, which I prefer anyway.

    Can’t say anyone’s offered to take me to a game though. That’d be nice.

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  • fratanomics 11 years ago on 10 Video Games That Defined Your Childhood

    Never played MGS or Resident Evil growing up, like ever I think, but this list is pretty legit. I’d have chosen Mario 64 and Super Smash Brothers for 64 (more people played it). So many you can’t really go wrong. I did love playing Theme Park, though it wasn’t as expansive as Tycoon and came out much earlier.

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  • fratanomics 11 years ago on Why Leaving A Job Is like Leaving Your Girlfriend

    They day I gave my two weeks notice on my first job, almost nothing happened. Over the next two weeks I swept up leftover work and handled two exit interviews. Deleting my work email off my phone and handing over my work laptop were two of the most gratifying things I’ve ever done. I took a 2 week “paid” vacation after my last day and I think I listened to “Living Part of Life” for 2 hours straight after I left the building.

    I won’t say the entire experience was cathartic, but I have rarely been that satisfied in life.

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  • fratanomics 11 years ago on 5 Songs Drunk Undergrads Ruined For Me

    Not gonna lie none of those songs have been ruined for me. I never really listened/liked “Crazy Bitch.” Can’t say I know the Black Crowes song. Then again I’m not sure I’ve ever been turned away from a song because it was played too much or drunk sung by annoying people.

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  • fratanomics 11 years ago on The Essential Guide To Traveling Solo

    I would just advise not traveling alone unless you are going to visit someone. I guess it’s one thing if you have access to a warm weather vacation house, but traveling alone always struck me as a bad idea. Hell I don’t even particularly like traveling alone to meet people elsewhere. Half of the experience is the mutual memories and and bonding.

    You can chat up people you meet on the trip but the odds of that particular “friendship” lasting after you depart is pretty close to zero.

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  • fratanomics 11 years ago on Saying Goodbye To Drugs

    Maybe the traders and I-bankers don’t get tested, but the only time I’ve ever been tested was when I’d have access to HIPAA or SOX audited systems as a consultant/contractor.

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