Yesterday I worked the booth at an IT tradeshow. Though it was local and one day only this is Silicon Valley- so it had an estimated 5,500 attendance.

My day started at 5am so I could shower, dress, and eat before heading over to the show in time for a 6:30am onsite meeting. I left the house just before 6, hailing a ride via Lyft in the pre-dawn ( Read more... )

I get LinkedIn updates all the time. As a social network its goal is to drive more user interaction, which it encourages by frequent short email messages designed to foster FOMO so you log in/open the app and use it. For the most part I skim the briefs and delete them. But one I got last week is still in my inbox because it was eerie ( Read more... )

Last Friday at about this time I posted about how I was " Busy, Busy." I felt like I'd barely been able to catch my breath at work for most of the week. The previous 2 weeks was like that, too. Now it's one more week in the series, as this week has been another busy one ( Read more... )

One striking difference between my new employer and the previous one is team communication. Staying in touch with my colleagues overseas at my last job was tough. Not just because of the timezone differences but because of their attitude toward meetings. Our twice-a-week team meetings were regarded as low priority. If people were busy, or tired, or ( Read more... )

Here's another Stupid Interview Trick I've seen: disrespect the interviewer. This one happened to me several times at a job years ago when we were interviewing candidates for the position of regional sales team director. There was one candidate in particular who copped bored look and kept asking, "Anything else? ...Anything else?" Well, yes, I did ( Read more... )

I went in for my exit interview this week. This comes after I gave notice of resignation last Friday and they walked me.

It wasn't much of an interview. There was no actual discussion of "What are you reasons for leaving?" or "What could we have done better?" They didn't even ask. Obviously they think they know everything already (I think they ( Read more... )

Southern Washington Weekend Getaway Travelog 2
Hotel near PDX Airport. Sat 22 Mar 2017, 9:30am.

We're 10 hours in to our trip to Southern Washington- which is almost 25% of this crazy short weekend trip- and we're not even in Southern Washington yet. We're still in Oregon, near PDX airport, getting ready to leave our hotel and get some breakfast. ( Read more... )

Earlier today I tendered my resignation from my job. I did it because I felt underused and underpaid, and Management was not supportive enough of my career goals. In short, I was doing work and earning pay similar to what I was at 10 years ago in my career. I tendered my resignation not 100% expecting to actually quit but as a negotiation step. But ( Read more... )

Today I tendered my resignation from my job.

I have been dissatisfied with the conditions of employment for a while. When I took a new position within the company after being laid off in February 2016. I knew at the time that it was a downward step in job responsibilities and total compensation package but I accepted that... for a time. I planned ( Read more... )

Wednesday, Feb 15, 4pm. Austin, TX.I wrapped up my trip to Austin this afternoon, after roughly 48 hours in town. Here are 5 (more) things about the trip ( Read more... )