How are you holding up? I figured today was a good day to write another contemporaneous “journal” entry. These Weekenders have helped me keep my thoughts straight, plus I’ve been getting fantastic feedback and anecdotes from you awesome subscribers. (There are 9,300 of you now!) When this is all over, I hope to go back […]
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The DQYDJ Weekender, 4/05/2020
Hey folks! Welcome back to the Weekender. Once again, this one will be dominated by COVID thoughts – skip if you’re overloaded; I’ll be posting more real content in the coming weeks. Let me remind you again: in Weekenders, I shoot more from the hip. In this post are my contemporaneous thoughts on this wild worldwide pandemic. I’ll […]
And – Just Like That – He Was Gone: Camo, our Dog
This post isn’t about finance. If you can’t handle the death of a pet, skip this one – we’ll see you next post. Our dog died this weekend. It was recurrent mast cell cancer in the end – but even if it wasn’t, a number of his organs were on the precipice of failure. Camo […]
The First Ten Years of DQYDJ
Where were you ten years ago today? Funnily enough, I know where I was – logged into WordPress for the first time, drafting a blog post about HSA arbitrage. That’s right: 10 years ago today on May 24, 2009 DQYDJ published our very first post. The More Things Change… For the last ten years we’ve […]
Proudly Revealing The Latest DQYDJ Redesign
We’re so proud to announce the latest incarnation of Don’t Quit Your Day Job…. By the time you read these words, our new design has been up for more than 24 hours and served content to over 10,000 people. Executive Summary: Changes on DQYDJ The stylistic changes on the DQYDJ front end are the most […]
The DQYDJ Weekender & Yearly Roundup, 12/31/2017
A Weekender… what? Well, it is the last weekend day of the year. That means you’re in for a treat: a recap of some of the best DQYDJ posts of this year. Perfect for some early morning 2018 reading once this hits your mailbox! The Best DQYDJ Posts this Year United States Income Brackets in […]
Happy Thanksgiving! Let’s Talk Turkey.
In 2016, the venerable turkey (perhaps more accurately currently, vulnerable turkey) clocked in at an average of 30.684 pounds. That’s right – according to data from the USDA and National Agricultural Statistics Service, turkeys are 132% larger than they were in 1929. That year, turkeys clocked in at a mere 13.185 pounds. Pretty stuffed, wouldn’t […]
Clustering Illusion and Anchoring to Outliers
Humans have an evolutionary incentive to recognize patterns. The same mechanisms that helped early humans avoid snakes and other predators are still part of our constitution today. One of our in-built biases is the human tendency to see patterns where none exist. Clustering illusion is our bias towards under-predicting the variability of random – or […]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 7/8/2017
What’s up folks! How’s your summer weekend going? High 90s here (in Freedom Units). First up: our friend Nelson at Financial Uproar updated the stock picking contest tracker. At least we’re not last, right? (Read about our process, here). Let’s hit the links! Links We Liked! Political Calculations wonders why we don’t tax welfare benefits. […]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 6/17/2017
Happy Father’s Day everyone! Links We Liked Priceonomics had a nice post estimating how much people are pulling in from the so-called ‘gig economy’. Amazon is acquiring Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion. Insert your own joke here: (“Who among us has not spent $13.7 Billion at Whole Foods?”) With Amazon acquiring Whole Foods and Walmart […]