Working Up

Working Up in Project Management, Systems Engineering, Technology, and Writing

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When?

April 1st, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips When can you quit your day job and write full time? This question comes from time to time. Actually, it comes more often than I wish it would. People are looking for one answer: Quit now, write full-time, and you will make loads of money. I disappoint a lot of people because […]

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Tags: Employment · Work · Writing

The Easiest Thing to Do

February 25th, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips When faced with a situation on a system-building project, we can find an approach that will work. We can also find many other approaches. Do we choose the better approach or one we personally like? Several years ago, a professional soccer player spent a few afternoons helping to coach one of my […]

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Tags: Culture · Employment · Management · Process

Your Most Valuable Asset

June 29th, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips The latest computer, the best desk and chair, even coffee brought to you while working – these are nice, but not the subject of this post. No, the most valuable asset a freelancer has is good health. No Work No Pay The reason I picked good health is simple: freelancers don’t have […]

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Tags: Employment · Health

I Got a Job through LinkedIn

March 10th, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips I just got a job through LinkedIn. That Web 2.0 stuff may actually work. I retired from my government job several months ago after 28 years of “government service” (as we fondly like to call it). I had some skills and qualifications and wanted to work a few more years, and my […]

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Tags: Employment · Web 2.0