刚才以前的一位同事 M 打电话要我帮他的新工作作reference.他告诉我他花了7个月的时间(从去年10月开始)找到这份他十分满意的工作(Director of Data Engineering),薪水涨了$20K. It reminded me what one of my colleagues - 同事 E did in the past seven months - he started house hunting in Oct and closed the deal in Dec, finished renovation in March (because of pandemic) and then rented it out in April. This is interesting. It made me think... 同事 M 花了7 个月时间,多了$2万的收入;同事 E 同样花了7 个月时间,多了多少收入? 他的房子从十月的60万出头涨到将近90万。我们只有一个脑袋,一天只有24小时,如何使用有限的时间和精力,it's really up to us.