Recent Content by ajau

  1. Can't bring myself to leave my job.

    If you must lie, tell them you were on sabbatical or you were backpacking thru Asia or something. OTOH, whats the deal with the harda$$,...
    Post by: ajau, Jun 2, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  2. Can't bring myself to leave my job.

    That is EXACTLY what I did/my thoughts are, and I am midway thru my "two year plan" with okay to pretty good results. More income, more...
    Post by: ajau, Jun 2, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  3. Can't bring myself to leave my job.

    CEO I would assume? In all seriousness though, and assuming that mostly traders are reading this, entering a partnership in whatever profession...
    Post by: ajau, May 30, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  4. Can't bring myself to leave my job.

    Does anybody still give stock options to EE's. I know some companies will pay your fees for an L-1 or H1-B visa if you're from India, but with...
    Post by: ajau, May 30, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  5. Can't bring myself to leave my job.

    Try contract or consulting work. You work for a set amount of time and then when you get that "real job" feeling out of your system you get back...
    Post by: ajau, May 24, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  6. Can't bring myself to leave my job.

    Of course if its benefits that are a worry (and it shouldn't be for a healthy young single guy) you could always move temporarily to the UK,...
    Post by: ajau, May 23, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  7. Can't bring myself to leave my job.

    I am exactly in the same situation that you are in. Former EE, miss the interaction, getting bored, etc. I recommend getting out of the house...
    Post by: ajau, May 23, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  8. Can't bring myself to leave my job.

    Read my post at the beginning of the thread. You live in Michigan where most recent engineering grads can afford to buy a house without a...
    Post by: ajau, May 10, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  9. Can't bring myself to leave my job.

    It is funny though how those wonderful young ladies come out of the woodwork when they see a young, single, successful guy dangling his Bimmer...
    Post by: ajau, May 10, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  10. Can't bring myself to leave my job.

    I hear ya. I'm trading full time for the same reasons. Not a "get rich or die trying" kinda guy but you can't blame a guy for wanting a nice...
    Post by: ajau, May 9, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  11. Can't bring myself to leave my job.

    Must be from the Midwest. Michigan or Ohio.... So bad in Metro Detroit that home prices have been falling for awhile. Highest unemployment in...
    Post by: ajau, May 9, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  12. Can't bring myself to leave my job.

    I'm an EE also. Do what I did, ask for a buyout from your employer. I didn't get a promotion I wanted, my job was boooring and too easy so I...
    Post by: ajau, May 9, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  13. G7

    US Dollar slide? Everyone saying it will be, but I'm not so sure. I do think the day of choose either a dollar slide or an interest rate hike...
    Post by: ajau, May 8, 2006 in forum: Forex

  14. Rise in gold, decline in US dollar

    Or you can go long on the US dollar and short the Canadian Dollar. Same effect, no nasty commodity bubble.
    Post by: ajau, May 1, 2006 in forum: Commodity Futures

  15. Comments on trading US equities as a Canadian with recent currency action?

    Or you can move out of Canada to the US. The capital taxes are horrendous in Canada, and the general attitude of the people there is very...
    Post by: ajau, May 1, 2006 in forum: Trading