I offer two items:
1) for the last half century the pan evaporation rate, dependent only on incident sunlight, has been declining
2) CO2 correlates directly to increased temperature
I don't know exactly how the sun has been behaving. You would have to measure that in space. In the days following 9/11, when planes were banned from the air, the temperature rose 1/2 a degree over the US and went down again when planes started flying once more. The implication being that smog has been countering the effect of increased CO2 and that paradoxically the warming will increase the more we clean up our act. It is clear from ice core samples that the amount of CO2 in our atmosphere is 3X what it has been at any time in the last 600,000 years. The differences between ice ages and warmer periods are much smaller. My fear is that the amount now present may tip the scales catastrophically. It may already be too late. Only the youngest of us will know for sure. As for me, I'm glad I'll be dead before the worst. Anyone who thinks we can't collectively destroy all higher life forms on this planet is living an illusion. Most of the religious people don't care because, if life ends, it's God's plan and they'll all be laughing in heaven. As for me, I fear for our children, unlike the politicians who, like Louis the XIV, may cry "Apres moi, le deluge!" i.e. I don't give a flying fuck what happens after I'm dead!
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Only 17 days? You have no life, you sad, sad SOB! One day you're going to wake up old and realize that there's little time left and you've done nothing with your life except work. I take off 7 weeks a year and that's still not enough! You can't do anything in 17 days. What was that? If it's Tuesday, it must be Belgium? It takes a week and a half just to get out of work mode and actually start to relax. One works to live, not the other way round. Life is short. It is not a trial run. This is it. This is all you'll ever have. You really need to sit back and take stock. There's so much more to life than coding, or whatever it is you do, and you're missing out on it.
As for the person deciding on a career, think about what options you have with regards to location. Where is the best place to raise your kids? Will you have the spare time to keep your wife happy? What do you love to do, go sailing, hike in the mountains? There's a lot to consider. At your age, you have plenty of options. Look for balance between work and your real life. Two weeks vacation a year is not a life.
Finally here is some unsolicited economic advice:
Make a will
Pay off your credit cards
Put a minimum of 10% of your net wages into a separate account for investment right off the top and don't use it for anything else; you won't miss it.
Get term life insurance if you have a family to support
Fund your 401k to the maximum
Fund your IRA to the maximum
Buy a house if you want to live in a house and can afford it
Put six months worth of expenses in a money-market account
Take whatever money is left over and invest 70% in a stock index fund and 30% in a bond fund through any discount broker and never touch it until retirement
If any of this confuses you, or you have something special going on (retirement, college planning, tax issues), hire a fee-based financial planner, not one who charges a percentage of your portfolio
Do this and you'll have plenty for retirement.
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My thoughts exactly!
I offer two items: 1) for the last half century the pan evaporation rate, dependent only on incident sunlight, has been declining 2) CO2 correlates directly to increased temperature I don't know exactly how the sun has been behaving. You would have to measure that in space. In the days following 9/11, when planes were banned from the air, the temperature rose 1/2 a degree over the US and went down again when planes started flying once more. The implication being that smog has been countering the effect of increased CO2 and that paradoxically the warming will increase the more we clean up our act. It is clear from ice core samples that the amount of CO2 in our atmosphere is 3X what it has been at any time in the last 600,000 years. The differences between ice ages and warmer periods are much smaller. My fear is that the amount now present may tip the scales catastrophically. It may already be too late. Only the youngest of us will know for sure. As for me, I'm glad I'll be dead before the worst. Anyone who thinks we can't collectively destroy all higher life forms on this planet is living an illusion. Most of the religious people don't care because, if life ends, it's God's plan and they'll all be laughing in heaven. As for me, I fear for our children, unlike the politicians who, like Louis the XIV, may cry "Apres moi, le deluge!" i.e. I don't give a flying fuck what happens after I'm dead!
Only 17 days? You have no life, you sad, sad SOB! One day you're going to wake up old and realize that there's little time left and you've done nothing with your life except work. I take off 7 weeks a year and that's still not enough! You can't do anything in 17 days. What was that? If it's Tuesday, it must be Belgium? It takes a week and a half just to get out of work mode and actually start to relax. One works to live, not the other way round. Life is short. It is not a trial run. This is it. This is all you'll ever have. You really need to sit back and take stock. There's so much more to life than coding, or whatever it is you do, and you're missing out on it. As for the person deciding on a career, think about what options you have with regards to location. Where is the best place to raise your kids? Will you have the spare time to keep your wife happy? What do you love to do, go sailing, hike in the mountains? There's a lot to consider. At your age, you have plenty of options. Look for balance between work and your real life. Two weeks vacation a year is not a life. Finally here is some unsolicited economic advice: Make a will Pay off your credit cards Put a minimum of 10% of your net wages into a separate account for investment right off the top and don't use it for anything else; you won't miss it. Get term life insurance if you have a family to support Fund your 401k to the maximum Fund your IRA to the maximum Buy a house if you want to live in a house and can afford it Put six months worth of expenses in a money-market account Take whatever money is left over and invest 70% in a stock index fund and 30% in a bond fund through any discount broker and never touch it until retirement If any of this confuses you, or you have something special going on (retirement, college planning, tax issues), hire a fee-based financial planner, not one who charges a percentage of your portfolio Do this and you'll have plenty for retirement.