I'm fantasizing today. Let's say you had NO IDEA what I do for work (which is probably true of most of you), and all you knew was that I wanted a change of career ( Read more... )

+ Cafe near my office sells hot grits in the morning!
- The tub next to them apparently contains margarine, and now so do I
++ Ran a 5k on Sunday
- Stressed my knee a little bit
++++ Biked to the start
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It seems to be important to my day-to-day client schmoozing to have more than a passing understanding of sports (ie, not just which ball goes with which sport). How can I get this understanding without becoming a sports fan who watches games? I kind of want to read a blog that tells me from time to time who's doing what in which sport, and why it's ( Read more... )

I love being the only woman on a conference call and always introducing myself by name when I speak. It almost makes up for the fact that I have to do it every day.

Do you like your work? How often, and how much ( Read more... )

Poll

Note: when I say "bring", if you usually eat lunch at home, substitute "eat". I meant this poll to be for everyone, not just office workers. :)

Not the way I wanted to start today: my work being called "valueless".

Tell me about something of deep value to you that is not obviously valuable.

I can see three capsized sailboats from this room. Guess it's windy on the Charles today...

So I have this new job, and I love it -- but this post isn't about that. It's about my commute. I've been enjoying having this lovely weather in which to perfect my ride route. I think I've got it, now -- a fairly straight-line path that is mostly wide side streets without much traffic. I will usually choose the fast path over the calm path, but in ( Read more... )

I am applying for jobs. Part of what I do is project management. Should I be PMI certified, or does nobody care?

In other news, the Hahvahd job I was working toward for months and months got to a point where everyone involved was really excited about me and they called to ask for my references one morning and then THAT DAY there was a big layoff ( Read more... )