So, I just heard that Yahoo! Finance has decided to fire Penelope Trunk.
I mean, who would want to work with someone who thinks like this?
I just choose the lifestyle I want first, before I choose my work. Lifestyle first means that I turned down entry-level bullshit jobs in favor of playing professional beach volleyball. Not […]
Entries from December 2007
Yahoo! fires Brazen Careerist Penelope Trunk
December 28th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Tags: Career · Firing · PenelopeTrunk · BrazenCareerist
You’re hired, you’re fired
December 20th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Anyone who talks to me about their current corporate career will likely have heard me utter—likely innumerable times—my quintessential thought about staying in one place too long, “You’re not going to retire from there.”
Truth of the matter is that there are very few, if any, corporations that should be giving away gold watches to long, […]
Tags: Employment · Career · Hiring · Jobs · Firing
Adopting an open meeting format
December 14th, 2007 · 5 Comments
Everyone complains about meetings. Seems that they’re all useless.
But I have to imagine that there are some meetings that are valuable. Aren’t there? I mean, I get the chance to participate in some pretty productive meetings.
So I know they’re out there.
Toby and I were bemoaning this sad state of affairs when something struck me.
What if […]
Tags: Career · Meetings · Whatif
Does Mediocrity Reign Supreme?
December 10th, 2007 · 5 Comments
So Rick and I were talking about passion for your work. Do you love what you do? How badly would you want to change to actively go out and find a better alternative to the job the current have (and maybe hate)?
So here’s a quick straw poll - what percentages do you think define the […]
