October 2017: 4 Years + 5 Months in Alberta
Sudden $2,460 dental bill. Sudden $1,000 vehicle bill. Selected for a CRA 2016 Tax Review. Further tightening mortgage rules by OSFI. The ending of the…
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September 2017 – Month 52 in Alberta
Outsmarting the banks hell-bent on stopping risk takers such as investors, volatile high-income employees, and entrepreneurs. Shielding the fruits of my labour from the government…
August: Working for up to 16 hours/day, for 2 Companies
The summer days pass by bathing in my own sweat beneath 2-3 sweater thick coveralls under the scorching Alberta sun, and inside a vacuum or…
Tears From Vancouver to Alberta
It has been almost 4.5 years since I threw all my stuff in my car and drove away from Vancouver to Alberta, not looking back.…
Defeatist Attitudes
“Getting a Ferrari is unrealistic though.” “Some peoples’ families are just rich.” “They’ve just had connections.” “They were just [academically] smart.” So common are quotes like the…
Theory of Making Mistakes
“You often think it’s all over once you fuck up. But then you know now you won’t be doing that ever again.” Risk takers and…
June Standing- 4 Years in Alberta
Here I sit in a bar off Jasper Ave. in downtown Edmonton having a drink and little meal. I am spending this sunny Sunday afternoon…
Being a Victim and Slave of Time
This June marks the first month after 4 years in Alberta, upon leaving Vancouver as I threw all my belongings into my car. I’ve made many goals ever…
Beginning of the End of Employment
No one wants to pay me what I like- especially with the shifting labour market and the oilfield downturn, shifting it into an employer’s market…
Brief Cliff Notes on UBC student -> Oilfield Career Timeline
Left UBC when I was 19 after finishing 3/4 years of my Math and Economics degree (with Computer Science and Commerce Minors). Current standing, at…