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30Fingers
Thirtyfingers is a blog by three young Dutch women working in the financial world. One is setting up house with her boyfriend, one is a single girl, and one is a new mom (the one with a baby!). We live, work, and play in Amsterdam, and comment on just about anything in life.
Daycare
A call appears on the display of my iPhone. Little Blue Elephants. The daycare centre my baby is in.
Copying the Boss
"Could you please provide me with a memo on the steel manufacturers in Uzbekistan?" My colleague needs information for a deal he is working on and he obviously thinks I have time on my hands.
Margaritas on the House
The corporate credit card. A shiny 8 x 5 cm hard-plastic card with limitless possibilities. At least, if you are cunning and audacious enough.
The Pretenders
Being a working mom has advantages and disadvantages. A big advantage is that you always have a good excuse to leave work earlier. A disadvantage is that you often have to leave your work earlier.
Revenge of the Nerds
Google is the new Morgan Stanley, the CNBC anchorwoman told me over the weekend.
It's OK to Be Gay (For the Day)
This weekend, the Canal Parade, highlight of the annual Gay Pride festival, made its way through the Amsterdam city centre. But just how liberal are we in The Netherlands?
To-Do or Not To-Do
I love to tick off to-do lists. Who doesn’t? I even like the movement of a V shape that my hand makes when ticking off another to-do.
Corporate or Creative?
It seems like my friends are in collective career crisis mode. At dinner tables, in bars, even at office drinks, there is a recurring topic of conversation: is this the right job for me? If not, what is?
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