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Career Transition & Workplace Basics

Research a career transition, plan costs and learning, build professional conversations and verify workplace or startup requirements.

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Workers changing direction, entering startups, or learning workplace fundamentals

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Notepad

Simple in-browser notepad with auto-save. Write quick notes that persist in your browser. Download as text file. No signup needed.

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Resume Builder and Version Editor

Write and preview a resume, keep multiple versions, export plain text or print to PDF, and save a browser workspace with a restorable JSON backup.

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Budget Calculator

Allocate exactly 100% of monthly income, compare non-negative actual spending, expose fixed-dollar extras, and review transparent balances and planning ratios.

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Emergency Fund Calculator

Reconcile a user-selected emergency reserve target from essential monthly outflows, chosen coverage months, a one-time buffer, and accessible savings.

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Weekly Time Budget Calculator

Allocate the 168 hours in a seven-day week across work, commute, rest, care and other activities, then save observed and proposed schedules.

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Job and Internship Application Tracker

Track job and internship postings, materials, interview notes, status and dated next actions, with local saving, JSON restore and filtered CSV export.

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Written Offer and Salary Comparison

Compare two written offers with guaranteed pay, sign-on cash, uncertain bonuses and costs kept separate, or model comparable cost indices.

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Commute, Transit and Vehicle Cost Calculator

Compare driving, ownership, shared rides, transit passes and commute alternatives with entered costs, matching periods and separate travel time.

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Paycheck Calculator

Reconcile one pay statement exactly from its printed gross pay, tax withholding, pre-tax deductions, and after-tax deductions.

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Regular and Overtime Pay Calculator

Calculate weekly gross pay from entered regular hours, overtime hours and multiplier, then model the same pattern over your chosen work weeks.

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Freelance Rate Calculator

Model an hourly revenue floor from owner pay, overhead, a user-entered annual reserve, billable capacity, and target operating margin.

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Break-Even Calculator

Calculate the theoretical break-even point and minimum whole sellable units, plus target-profit volume, contribution margin, and signed margin of safety.

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Profit Calculator

Calculate gross profit and operating profit or loss from net revenue, cost of sales, and operating expenses for one consistent period.

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Salary Calculator

Convert salary or hourly pay across frequencies and estimate 2025/2026 US federal, payroll, optional state/local tax, 401(k), and take-home pay.

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Living Budget and Cost Index Comparison

Compare two entered monthly living budgets by expense category, or scale a current expense basket with an explicitly entered cost-index ratio.

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Salary Raise Scenario Calculator

Calculate a proposed annual salary increase and apply an entered incremental tax assumption to the added pay, with clear annual and monthly amounts.

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