http://kadebg.com Rya from Bulgaria Thu, 16 May 2013 17:17:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://kadebg.com/how-to-get-a-good-job-in-the-recession/ http://kadebg.com/how-to-get-a-good-job-in-the-recession/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 05:04:37 +0000 Rya Hristova http://kadebg.com/?p=7811 http://kadebg.com/how-to-get-a-good-job-in-the-recession/feed/ 0 http://kadebg.com/job-hunting-during-recession/ http://kadebg.com/job-hunting-during-recession/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 13:20:08 +0000 Rya Hristova http://kadebg.com/?p=7801 Here’s why oDesk didn’t work for me: my struggle to find a job in the recession) In my experience, oDesk was a dud. Maybe it works if you have tons of patience to browse all the ads, if you have time to cover the requirements for application (free work!) and if you are ready to do the job for a humble pay. I thought that wages at oDesk would be higher and I thought that if I work for foreign clients, the pay rate would make me a fortune by Bulgarian standards. So pay was low, and the projects weren’t really inspiring – being a virtual assistant and working around the US clock, writing homework for а spoiled brat, or producing spammy content for some shady website wasn’t exactly the kind of freelance I wanted. How’s that even *freelance*? That’s just mundane work. I decided that my time would be better spent if I worked on something more… tangible.]]> http://kadebg.com/job-hunting-during-recession/feed/ 0 http://kadebg.com/why-odesk-didnt-work-for-me/ http://kadebg.com/why-odesk-didnt-work-for-me/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 19:24:59 +0000 Rya Hristova http://kadebg.com/?p=7794 http://kadebg.com/why-odesk-didnt-work-for-me/feed/ 0 http://kadebg.com/three-articles-that-will-change-your-life/ http://kadebg.com/three-articles-that-will-change-your-life/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:36:05 +0000 Rya Hristova http://kadebg.com/?p=7782 http://kadebg.com/three-articles-that-will-change-your-life/feed/ 1 http://kadebg.com/a-bulgarian-in-america-3/ http://kadebg.com/a-bulgarian-in-america-3/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:00:51 +0000 Rya Hristova http://kadebg.com/?p=7773 This is part 2 of the story about how I spent one summer working in the USA. (Read part 1 and Part 2) I was thinking of turning this into a book. Here's an exerpt. “What’s that?” – security asked me, pointing at my plastic bottle of water. “Water”, I answered. What does it look like, big guy? I had heard rumors about the security guys being overprotective: one student had told me that when security saw a perfume bottle in her purse, they made her spray herself with it to prove it wasn’t acid. But my bottle of water was plastic, and it's not possible to keep acid in a plastic bottle. “I’m gonna ask you to drink from it”, security told me. ]]> http://kadebg.com/a-bulgarian-in-america-3/feed/ 2 http://kadebg.com/a-bulgarian-in-america-2/ http://kadebg.com/a-bulgarian-in-america-2/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:47:48 +0000 Rya Hristova http://kadebg.com/?p=7761 This is part 2 of the story about how I spent one summer working in the USA. (Read part 1) I was thinking of turning this into a book. Here's an exerpt. I raised my hand to stop a cab. "16 Kozyak street, please." "US embassy?" "Uh... yeah. How'd you know?" "Please. I make half my salary off that route."]]> http://kadebg.com/a-bulgarian-in-america-2/feed/ 2 http://kadebg.com/unemployed-and-depressed/ http://kadebg.com/unemployed-and-depressed/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:02:56 +0000 Rya Hristova http://kadebg.com/?p=7748 It’s the recession. It HAS BEEN the recession for a while, and we’re all tired of it. Right now, we live in fear that tomorrow, we may lose our business or our job. Some have already been laid off. And when money stops coming in, there’s only one thing that could save you: savings. I’ve been really good about saving ever since I went through the nightmare of being in debt. Once I paid back everything (with sweat and blood and the whole jingle), I kept putting aside the same amount that used to be my monthly payment – only now, this monthly payment was towards me. ]]> http://kadebg.com/unemployed-and-depressed/feed/ 18