I don’t have much geeky to say right now. I’m busy working on creating an intranet for work that is based in SharePoint, so I’m wrapping my little pea brain around lists and libraries right now. I just wish I could create an intranet…oh, you know, with HTML? SharePoint has it’s perks but it’s not quite the look I envisioned for a corporate intranet. Baby steps.

Want to know what makes someone choose a $35,000 a year job over a $40,000 a year job, or even $45,000 a year? It could be the work environment and the culture, but more often than not, it’s the benefits offered. Recently, a friend went through a layoff, and as she evaluated her options, she was willing to take a pay cut to work at a company closer to home that offered $5,000 in tuition benefits. Another was set to accept an offer for a new job, when he found out his new company didn’t offer the same affordable health insurance his old company...