Two men were working along the side of a busy road. One was digging a hole and the second one was filling the same hole with the dirt dug up by the first one. A passerby walking along the road stopped by to ask what they were doing, as he could ... [Continue Reading]
Technical sales: an engineer’s view of the sales call
D, a friend of mine that I attended engineering school with (sometime last century), surprised me the other day by admitting that he had seen my recent blog post about engineers and technical career paths. Here's what he went on to share with ... [Continue Reading]
Your career: can you think like a start-up?
I read a short book review in the Economist recently for Reid Hoffman's (founder of LinkedIn) and Ben Casnocha's new book "The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career". While I haven't read the book (yet ... [Continue Reading]
The Yahoo! board: Jonathan Swift would be chuckling…
Somewhat unbelievably, Yahoo! has now cycled through their 4th full time CEO in less than 5 years, which if not a record for a Fortune 1000 company must certainly be up there in the top rankings. While it has been a long time since Yahoo! was really ... [Continue Reading]
Career path choices for geeks
Came across this great little cartoon in a Minitab blog post; the blog post itself didn't really catch my fancy, however I loved the little cartoon that came with the post. In my experience large technology companies (which often can have a lot of ... [Continue Reading]
How you end up doing things you hate…
Taken from Jessica Hagy, contributor to Forbes. Read her full (short) article "The 6 Enemies of Greatness (and Happiness). Thanks, Jessica! ... [Continue Reading]
Fueling the illusion of choice
I came across this great chart in one of the many email newsletters I subscribe to -- I think it does a wonderful job of showing how we as consumers in many markets really face only the "illusion" of choice in our day to day shopping routines. This ... [Continue Reading]
Real leadership lessons from Steve Jobs
Nothing really new to add to the massive number of articles and tributes written about Steve Jobs, however I just got a chance to re-read and ponder this great HBR blog post by Walter Isaacson, who of course wrote the recent biography of Mr. Jobs. If ... [Continue Reading]
What is your current job count?
An interesting infographic. The big take-away for me is at the bottom of the chart: "Half of all new college graduates believe that self-employment is more secure than a full-time job..." Thank goodness for that, as these people will be starting ... [Continue Reading]
Goodbye Darth Vader. We never really knew you.
Hot on the heels of the now somewhat famous op-ed/resignation letter written by Greg Smith (late of Goldman Sachs) in the New York Times, is a satirical resignation letter from Darth Vader, directed to the Emperor. In the real world, Smith ... [Continue Reading]
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