Here’s an absolutely fantastic career/work idea I got via This Week in Tech:  Steve Jobs would not have hired Steve Jobs.  There are multiple reasons. Steve Jobs wouldn’t have wanted to go to work for a big corporation like Apple.  He was an entrepreneur. A strong CEO like Steve Jobs wouldn’t have wanted to hire [...] Read more »

In trying to understand the way jobs are evolving, particularly for white collar professions, I find two phrases quite useful: We are all between job searches. All jobs are now contract consulting jobs. “Whoa, wait a minute!” you might exclaim. “I have a steady job!  I’ve been there for 5 years, and I’m a full-time [...] Read more »

How is this for your dream job? Awful, boring, mundane work, lots of travel to uninteresting box buildings located in bland office parks, pay that’s not competitive, poor benefits, long hours and uncomfortable, privacy-obliterating cubicles that smell like Windex.  Sounds awful, doesn’t it?  Piling on further, though, let’s throw in a few broken promises for [...] Read more »

In discussing contract consulting rates with two recruiters in the past, I was forced to face an interesting question – is a recession the time we should be willing to accept reduced rates (or salaries)? Can you justify making 66.67% of what you once made, just to keep making money?  Or is it better to [...] Read more »

I’ve written about this before, but digging through my files I found my schedule from the early 2000s on a European business trip.  The headlong hectic nature of the trip is almost unbelievable to me today. Sunday  evening: Depart from New York, headed to Frankfurt. Monday morning (German time): Arrive in Frankfurt, go to hotel, [...] Read more »