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Another millennial moves to Portland

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Gettin’ Laid Off (on a Tuesday)

Sure shakes up a TuesdayMy wife just got laid off from a Silicon Valley tech company. Four hours after she got the news the CEO blasted out his press release. The remarks make business sense, but they seem more callous now that I am married to one of the ‘100 people let go’ from her dream company. ¶ Working a dull job for a dream company can lead to much more happiness than working a dream job for a dull company. This company truly cared for its employees, provided every in-office perk, gym benefits, and even catered…
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A Beardless ManMar 23

Getting Noticed

Hey, it worked for GimletThree weeks into laying bricks for www.abeardlessman.com, I have 120 views, 87 reads, and four recommends. I have posted two original pieces, given four one-sentence responses to popular content, and posted one how-to on setting up your own domain on Medium. ¶ My original pieces have one view and one read. I know my original content falls somewhere between ‘the reader fall asleep halfway through’ and ‘his [my] wife must think its cute’, but I do not know how to improve until people start…
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A Beardless ManMar 13
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Setting up Medium on your Google Domain

This should be easy

FIRST

Buy a domain.

This is a walkthrough of setting up a Google Domain on Medium, so if you followed Medium’s advice and bought through NameCheap you…

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A Beardless ManMar 113 min read

Life - Chapter 1

Another Millennial moves to Portland

I am a recent transplant to the city of Portland. Three of my first four months as a Portland resident, housing prices have raced upward at the fastest pace in the country, the neighborhood I would love to buy a…

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A Beardless ManMar 113 min read

Leaving a Job

Life - Chapter 2

I moved to Portland without much hope of keeping my job, and my wife road shotgun with no job. We had enough money to float a few months, but I had confidence that I would find a job within six weeks. Two weeks into living in Portland it was clear…

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