Michael Seneschal Photography: 2016

Thursday, December 15, 2016

I spent 3 months applying to jobs after a coding bootcamp. Here’s what I learned.

I completed Hack Reactor in July 2016 and took almost 3 months before accepting an offer with Radius Intelligence. I applied to 291 companies, did 32 phone screens, 16 technical screens, 13 coding challenges, 11 on-sites, and received 8 offers.

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The Goldman Sachs Elevator guide to dressing like a gentleman

New York Fashion Week doesn’t mean much to most guys out there. Still, there’s no shortage of advice when it comes to men’s fashion. And there’s obviously no real consensus.

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The Best Emergency Preparedness Supplies

If you’re starting from scratch, picking up these 12 essentials will get you a best-on-the-block kit at a price affordable for almost any household (about $300 as of this writing): a long-term, heavy-duty water storage container, water purification tablets, energy bars, a quality first-aid kit

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Monsters and Madonnas: Looking at William Mortensen

This is the third guest post by Cary Loren of the The Book Beat. See his previous posts Monsters Are Inoffensive and Adelaide Hanscom's Rubaiyat. William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) was one of the most well known and respected photographers in America in the thirties.

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Saturday, December 10, 2016

Prince’s Closest Friends Share Their Best Prince Stories

He was a legend, a virtuoso, one of the true gods of music. But he was also (at times, anyway) a person in the world like anyone else. He liked to send goofy Internet memes to his friends. He made really good scrambled eggs.

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Friday, September 30, 2016

Yuval Noah Harari on big data, Google and the end of free will

For thousands of years humans believed that authority came from the gods. Then, during the modern era, humanism gradually shifted authority from deities to people. Jean-Jacques Rousseau summed up this revolution in Emile, his 1762 treatise on education.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Even Ansel Adams Had a Blind Spot

We all have a blind spot, both literally and metaphorically. Ansel Adams had one so big and powerful that he, Beaumont Newhall and a few others “disappeared” some very important and wonderful photographers from the history of photography.

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Monday, September 26, 2016

A world without work is coming – it could be utopia or it could be hell

Most of us have wondered what we might do if we didn’t need to work – if we woke up one morning to discover we had won the lottery, say. We entertain ourselves with visions of multiple homes, trips around the world or the players we would sign after buying Arsenal.

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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

3 Ways to Start Investing Like a Hedge Fund using $1,000 or Less

This post originally appeared on my personal finance blog, Rule of 72. The ultra-rich rarely manage their own money; they employ a “family office” to handle their investments.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

7 Tricks That'll Make You Sound Like an Executive in Emails (Even if You're Not One)

I’m embarrassed to say this cartoon is based on a real experience from my first months working at Google. After I sent that lengthy email, my boss took me aside and said, “You sound like you’re fresh out of college.” To which I replied, “But I am fresh out of college!”

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Thursday, September 8, 2016

Simple ways to stretch out your summer vacation, according to cognitive psychology

Recently, my boyfriend and I completed a one-week road trip from the California Redwoods to Portland, Oregon. When I returned to work and everyone asked how my trip was, rather than responding with the typical “Too fast,” I responded that it was great. Lazy, hazy days these were not.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

How to Turn Your Passion Into an Income Stream

Today, I’m going to talk about professional wrestling. In truth, professional wrestling is just a substitute for anything a person might be passionate about, but I’m using it as a specific example for a specific reason.

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Pocket Knife Buying Guide

To say pocket knives are among the most useful tools known to mankind is no exaggeration.

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Friday, August 12, 2016

The Basics: Knives – Every Man Needs One or Three (and Multitools)

Mankind’s oldest tool is the knife. Don’t neglect to own a good one. Plus a multi-tool. Unless you’re living out in the forest, running around naked and eating grubs (and if you are, how can you be reading this?), you’re constantly using tools.

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Thursday, August 11, 2016

5 Things Every Man Should Know

I’m 48. Here’s what a man should know: You can’t get rich at a job. You have to get rich by either starting a business or having multiple streams of income. A job is only one stream of income. “Me, Inc.” should diversify.

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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Building a Good Personal Finance Mindset in Your Children

My oldest is in fourth grade. He loves doing things outdoors and is probably the most athletic of our three children. He also loves to play games – both electronic games and board games – and enjoys reading fantasy novels.

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Thursday, August 4, 2016

What We Really Value – and What We Don’t

When I look out in the driveway at my car, what I honestly see is nothing more than something that will reliably get me from point A to point B. To me, that’s the purpose of a car.

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What We Really Value – and What We Don’t

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Urban Survival and Home Defense

According to a United States Department of Justice report: 38% of assaults and 60% of rapes occur during home invasions. 1 of every 5 homes will experience a breaking in or home invasion. That’s over 2,000,000 homes! Statistically, there are over 8,000 home invasions per day in North America.

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Friday, July 22, 2016

insider guides

Why Go: Hermit crabs, mussels, and fireflies. Scents of salty air, freshly mowed grass, and honeysuckle. Going barefoot and swinging in a hammock. Days filled with long bike rides, sandcastles, and mini golf. Evenings spent watching drive-in movies and amateur baseball games.

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

A "Morning Routine Kit" Makes Sharing a Bathroom and Getting Ready Easier

If you share a bathroom, or worse, share a bathroom with kids, getting ready in the morning can be tough. Consider giving everyone a “morning routine kit,” with one place for all of their toiletries and one place to store them all.

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How physical exercise makes your brain work better

Research shows different activities have quite specific mental effects – here’s how moving your body could sharpen your ideas The brain is often described as being “like a muscle”. It’s a comparison that props up the brain training industry and keeps school children hunched over desks.

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