asked:


changed jobs mid year, so I had contributions to my old employer’s 401k. New employer has SIMPLE IRA, so can I contribute or do I have to worry about a max contribution between BOTH the 401k and SIMPLE IRA this year?

happyface asked:


I am from Pennsylvania and need some advices and suggestions on good engineering colleges to go. It would be nice to know how much it costs approximately. Also, if anyone that is in the engineering field could tell me about the possible disadvantages of women in this field (is physical strength important? or do men have more creditability when looking for jobs?)

Mama Dukes asked:


My first job was at a supermarket back in the mid-to-late 90′s. I was paid a whopping $5.00 an hour. I hated that job. Anyways, just out of curiosity, how much was your hourly wage at your first job and where was your first job?

BQ: Will you allow your kids to have jobs while still in high school?

Kamran S asked:

I am a software engineer with 3 years of experience in Java and .NET and I want to take my career to next level by specializing in some enterprise software technology.

So far I have considered orienting myself towards one of the following fields: CRM, ERP, SOA, Project Management, IT Services (ITIL etc.)

As my first question, I would like to know the pros and cons of the above fields in terms of career path, prestige and salary.

Secondly, as my current job does not offer any experience in these fields; would it be a good idea to get a foundation level certification before looking for jobs?

Please feel add any other ideas for entering into mid career positions.

Thanks in advance.

Sarah asked:

I am really interested in pregnancy and am wondering apart from a mid-wife what other jobs are to do with being pregnant?
Also who is the person you go to about being pregant?
Thanks

Popularity08 asked:

im asking this for a friend of mines. she wants to find a job that has benefits but she doesn’t have a degree in anything. she is around her mid 40′s if that helps. please do not judge and i appreciate any suggestions you have for the kind of job that she may apply for. i know that these jobs are rare to find nowadays or why else would i ask. anyways, thanks to anyone that can help.

Tony J asked:

The unemployment rate according to government is somewhere in the mid twenty percent but anyone with a small level of common sense knows it is actually a lot higher, I recon about 35%.

We have a world economic downturn as well and jobs are hard to secure.
Should a grant be afforded the unemployed as the unemployed are currently demanding?

Seaton C asked:

I am tired of my wife coming home and bitching about her job. She complains so much about her job and how the customers are mean to her and that they should respect her. Now she’s not the most pleasant person to be with either. When I try to reason that not everyone knows that you are having a bad day or whatever… she starts getting mad at me, and says I should just hear her out. I understand that sometimes she just wants to let it out, but when it starts becoming a routine, I am not always in the mood to hear her ***** about her customers and her job. I also tell her that everyone has problems at work, just don’t bring them home. I work as a mid level manager and often have to deal with issues about people who report to me as well as my superiors, but instead of bitching about how my job ***** I’d rather talk about more pleasant things. I’ve even suggested to her to go find a new job or quit, if she hates it so much, but that makes her go off on me too. And I also know she’ll have the same complaints with another job too, because she has changed jobs.

How do you deal with this? Any one have similar experiences???

DP asked:

I’ve met a few Thai ex-pats who work in mid-level staff positions at foreign companies (HSBC, Pricewaterhouse, Panasonic, etc…). They are not quite management yet but probably have between 5-7 years of experience. I don’t know them well enough to ask them this, but I was curious how they are paid relative to the local Singaporeans who work those very same jobs?

Brad25 asked:

My office walls have a mid-level molding that separates it. On the bottom I have a brown wall paper and the top is painted. Well my business partner wanted a deep brown on top so we tried it and it does not look good at all, so the question is how I fix it with out repainting the whole office again. What I was thinking is a maybe a light brown mixed with glaze over the top to give it a kind of faux look. But the problem is with faux jobs the light paint is usually the base coat, so has anyone had any experience with the top layer being the light coat instead of the dark coat. THANKS
Brad