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[ Leadership and career ] 4 min read
“I think we invent jargon because it saves times talking to one-another.” — John Maynard Smith Every industry has unique jargon, and most people fall, at one time or another, into using terminology specific to their …
[ Leadership and career ] 5 min read
“What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.” — Vilhjalmur Stefansson The process …
[ Leadership and career ] 4 min read
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, …
[ Leadership and career ] 4 min read
Lately I have been struggling with career burnout. Or maybe it’s existential grief, or bad burritos, gas, and too many reality television marathon binges. Whatever it is, however, I noted with some interest this article …
[ Networking ] [ Leadership and career ] 6 min read
Software programming is a challenging endeavor. I know, because it’s how I started my career, and it’s still something I do for fun and to keep my network engineering skills sharp. Writing software is also very tedious, …
[ Leadership and career ] 4 min read
I’ve never considered myself—strictly speaking—a network engineer, or anything in particular like that. It’s helpful for job descriptions, or hiring, but not as a means of self-identification. I started my career as a …
[ Leadership and career ] 3 min read
“So, why do you want to work here?” If you’ve worked a day in your life, chances are you’ve been asked this question during an interview. And, if you’re like the rest of us, you’ve said something about how much you love …
[ Leadership and career ] 6 min read
Author Janice Davies said, “difficult people are your key to self empowerment, you need to learn how to cope with them, not let them dominate and affect you.” But what if the difficult person is your boss? What then? In …
[ Leadership and career ] 6 min read
“Very thin line between arrogance and confidence…Being humble is that line. No one has ever said that humble guy is really an asshole.” ‑Unknown In business people quit, get fired, or otherwise leave a place of …
[ Leadership and career ] 5 min read
There’s an old business adage that says, “All things being equal, people want to do business with their friends. And all things being NOT so equal, people STILL want to do business with their friends”. It is estimated …