Temping

Looking through recent articles about college students, I keep seeing the same basic suggestions: minimize loans, don't get a credit card, pay your bills, and keep track of your spending. While these are certainly useful little tidbits of advice, they don't really address the largest problem that...

For a couple of weeks last year, I temped in an office in midtown Manhattan. It was a great place: I enjoyed my work, got a kick out of my co-workers, and loved the free coffee. In fact, the only part that I didn't like was the incredible waste of paper. One of the office printers was in my...