My coworkers and I were informed last Wednesday that our department is being sold from the State University to a private company. No one knows what that means to us as employees. I would like to stay positive and say that we will all still have jobs but it doesn't seem many others share the sentiment. My plan was to stick with the university and take advantage of the tuition reimbursement, but in a few months that will no longer be the case. I assume with the Health Care Reform, notoriously deemed "ObamaCare," health insurance companies are reimbursing clinical labs less money to cut their losses. Just this morning, it was brought to our attention that our hospital was brought down a tier by a major insurance company. This means that the hospital will receive even less money for patient testing, if that's even possible at this point. It appears that the way to prosper in the healthcare field is to not work in one of the labs.
With the future unknown, I suppose now is the best time to get the wheels turning on learning a new field - computer science. After talking to some friends in the industry, they said it's best to start with C++ and Java, so I've been planning on taking free courses online through MIT and Stanford, then move on to free lance work online to build a portfolio to show potential employers. In addition to free courses, frugality will be monumental here.
Lately I've been doing much better on not eating away from home, but there is still plenty of room for improvement. I've been told the best way to save money is to impose an artificial environment of scarcity, so with this paradigm, I made a couple batches of chili this past weekend, which will last until well into next week for lunches. Making chili is enjoyable because it helps practice cooking, which I could definitely use plenty of, and smells great during the day. If anyone knows of any other foods that can be made with a crock pot, please let me know!
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