Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

In Good Company

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From Sloper Pierre Raymond:

Companies have been changing their pace since the advent of the pandemic, and although it may have started as a part-time idea, certain changes are now looking more permanent, and we’re not just talking about remote work.

While millions of American employees have been separating themselves from anxiety-induced employers, and the pandemic fueling a Great Resignation which saw more than 5.9 million workers put down tools in December 2021 – organizations are shifting their focus from employee perks to the employee themselves.

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Awkward Thanksgiving, Ahoy!

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I don’t make a habit of shamelessly cutting and pasting content, but here is the original post. I simply had to share this, since it’s jaw-dropping. The boldface is my own.

I need help figuring out what I should do about this tax liability predicament that I find myself in. Let me take you on a journey of my bad personal decisions of the past 2 years. My first fuckup was discovering options in April of 2020, when stonks only went up. I put in hours to become acquainted with market terminology and studied options strats and stocks strats. Of course in the beginning it was a fun rollercoaster. Ultimately I ended up doubling my 5k account before i popped the question to the parents: “can i trade your money?” Little did I know that this jump would ruin my health and wealth…

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