Career Tips

What if you have been thinking about taking the plunge and moving into a new career. You take your baby steps by talking to a few people, seeing whats around, putting out feelers with friends to get their opinion. Then Wam!! The financial malaise has come along at just the wrong time? No more trips to Starbucks to chart out your new course. Instead at home brewing your own tea and then it hits you. Is now really the right time? For many the idea of changing career in this time of uncertainty is too risky. Don't let the credit crunch put you off ... Read Full Story

Here's a link to a very amusing post. I'm not entirely sure it was supposed to be amusing. Never work overtime again . The article is followed up with some lively comments. So what do you think? I can agree that most deadlines are completely arbitrary and made up. Like the author says: 8. In fact, most of the deadlines you see in software projects aren't deadlines at all - they are just goals or w Read Full Story

In this post, I will discuss the first of three items listed from the Manager 2.0 diagram listed in the Web 2.0 for Business post . Allow me to first express my gratitude to Kathy Sierra for creating the figure, referenced in Web 2.0 for Business post. The first item listed in the Manager 2.0 figure is: "All employees are asked to help with policy decisions and solutions." While I think this item is very difficult to implement in a large company, I do agree with the concept. Employees should be well versed with corporate policies and be willing to challenge them, if they ... Read Full Story

The post has finally arrived, the last in the series of five on management, Web 2.0 style. Through the previous four posts, we have discussed several topics, from Open-Book Management, compensation, and even Total Quality Management. In this post, we shall discuss items relating to deadlines and opportunities. Item 13 states: "Deadlines agreed on and set by those doing the work." One could suggest that this isn't realistic, as it ignores both the internal and external customer needs. Consider home renovation. Does the customer allow the contractor to dictate how long the job will take, or is the schedule negotiated? Also, what if those ... Read Full Story

Here's a link to a very amusing post. I'm not entirely sure it was supposed to be amusing. Never work overtime again . The article is followed up with some lively comments. So what do you think? I can agree that most deadlines are completely arbitrary and made up. Like the author says: 8. In fact, most of the deadlines you see in software projects aren't deadlines at all - they are just goals or w Read Full Story