Reality 101 Rantings – When Applying for a Job
When applying for a job, you will likely get your share of frustrations. I’d like to think that a job is similar to the Biblical character of the Anglicized name Job. Both involve countless suffering. That said, here are some heads-up pointers. Be Prepared for the Standard Interview Questions Unless you are lucky to find [...]
Reality 101 Rantings – The Cold, Cruel World in General
In general, the world isn’t all peaches and cream. You probably know that, but now it’s time to further state the following obvious facts. Everyone is Out for Themselves Nobody cares about you more than oneself. Man is inherently selfish that will do things for money or pleasure/feeling good. Even when one gives charity one [...]
Reality 101 Rantings
Some universities and colleges will hire someone in the working world that “made it” to give a lecture in the “real world.” From my personal experience, I didn’t find those too helpful from the ones I attended. One person called to lecture attended Harvard university many years ago and when he lectured shortly after the [...]
The 5 Minute Management Course
Lesson 1 A man is getting into the shower, just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next-door neighbour. Before she says a word, Bob says, ‘I’ll give you $800 [...]
Internet Trolls, Online Cyber-Bullies, and Making Money by Scaring the Pants Off You
I enjoy blogging. A lot, in fact. I generally utilize four different blogs, each one with a different theme, and try to keep the material up to date as possible. Online Internet Trolls However, inevitable as it is, internet trolls do exist. Based on some of the posts I have written I have received a [...]
Work is Stressful for Everybody – Nobody is Satisfied
A few weeks ago I saw a group of teachers going on strike in front of a local public school. They were holding signs up about being overworked and underpaid, like the rest of us. They also felt that they weren’t getting enough respect from parents and students. This in a way made me laugh [...]
WAL-MART SENIOR GREETER FROM THE ARMY
You just have to appreciate this one. Young people forget that we old people had a career before we retired…… Charley, a new retiree-greeter at Wal-Mart, just couldn’t seem to get to work on time. Every day he was 5, 10, 15 minutes late. But he was a good worker, really tidy, clean-shaven, sharp-minded and a real [...]
11 Reasons You Didn’t Get the Job
Here Are the REAL Reasons You Didn’t Get Hired By Aaron Gouveia Sometimes It’s Not Them — It’s You We all have friends (or maybe YOU are the friend and just don’t realize it) who have been job-hunting for what seems like an eternity. They look through the help wanted ads, scour job boards and go [...]
Why Are Constant Disturbances At Work So Mainstream?
Constant disturbances are very commonplace where there is more than one manager and there’s no communication between one and the other. The same goes with employees that talk a lot without getting a whole lot done. This however is a big problem, since how does someone with tight deadlines requiring 100% concentration, as well as [...]
Explaining Technical Things to Non-Technical People
I often have to explain technical things and technical decisions to my extremely non technical manager and I’m pretty awful at it. What are good ways to essential dumb things down for the rest of the world who don’t have a passion for programming? Example questions I’ve been asked: Why are you using Django instead of Java [...]
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