Category: Career

I've been absent here for a long time, for lots of reasons, which I'll expand on in the next few posts. For starters, I've recently...

My best work has been in places that are process-customer, but I've done well in process-product as well. I have not done well in people-dominated...

I write using Emacs and LaTeX. I'll grudgingly copy and paste to other formats because the organization demands it but I do better work with...

Early on, I programmed on mainframes in COBOL... I'm sure I could do it again. But I'd be tossing away some highly valuable, broadly-applicable and...

Never giving up at the things you were told to do was the essence of work in the industrial age. Giving up quickly on things...

It's been a busy year with a lot of changes, both Covid-related and otherwise. As is my custom, here's my update for this circle around...

Being yourself matters as much as anything. And be nice to the airline staff. They can really make or break your life....

As has often been the case in my life, I was in a category of people who were not supposed to exist. I was that...

In 1945, some still expected the world to go back to familiar pre-crisis reality. They would be disappointed, as will those who are waiting for...

If the answer to why you should do business with somebody is ever "we're part of the same group, you can trust me," then you...