Our department has lost a few great members, both active duty and retired recently and this post is dedicated to their memory. As I navigate the financial world and do my best to develop content that speaks to our ranks in this great profession, these losses have hit home. It’s hard not to grieve. It’sContinue reading “Time Is The Only Currency”
Category Archives: Spit Balling
Decentralized: Free Market Capitalism And Mission Driven Culture
This post is part rant, part reaffirmation. The world we live in is in a perpetual fight between the reigns of control and freedom. What is happening across the economy is no different than the struggles company officers face every day in the fire service. I think there are a lot of parallels that youContinue reading “Decentralized: Free Market Capitalism And Mission Driven Culture”
In Blockchain We Trust?
Can The Same Technology Behind Bitcoin Help Our Staffing Crisis? #MandoCity has more or less become the hashtag of choice here in the city of San Diego. Forcy The Bear terrorizes the ranks of CalFire, and the creator of Instagram’s sdfirebrigade, has built an online empire of the pain and struggles of our nation’s firefighters.Continue reading “In Blockchain We Trust?”
The Firefighter Economist 