Relo plans? Salary.com Cost-of-Living calculator a big help @MySalary

If you’re Beta testing a career change that involves relocation, use the Cost-of-Living Wizard on Salary.com to help you estimate the impact on your financial plan. Just plug in your current salary, current work and home locations, and the new locations, to see usable stats on how much you’ll have to earn to maintain your standard of living [...]

Job got your goat? Planning an escape? Beta test your financial plan 1st!

Analogy junkie that I am, I’ve drawn comparisons between financial planning and bike racing, gardening, cross-country skiing, surviving in the wild, organizing, high school, and personal training.  So it’s surprising that I’ve never drawn on my pre-career change experiences as a software product manager when writing about personal finance — especially since I see parallels between the [...]