Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips There is something called the “hope nothing” meeting. In it, I hope nothing comes up that causes me pain, effort, and general angst. Hope nothing meetings are pleasant, but can be deadly. I sit in meetings. People tell me things. Sometimes they tell me things that cause me work. Sometimes they tell […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Good tests and experiments provide useful information. Sometimes the information isn’t what we want to hear, but we need to keep the two separate. In France recently, tests were performed to learn if roadways could generate electrical energy from the sun. They learned that roadways were not a good place for solar […]

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by Dwayne Phillips How I wish to be introduced says much about myself and what I wish for myself and those around me. How do you wish someone would introduce you at work or at a social setting (gosh, there is a variety of these)? Here is something I would like to hear in the […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Employers often ask job seekers for stolen property. Please don’t do that. It happens frequently. The employer’s recruiter or hiring manager asks the job seeker, “Can you show us some source code (proposals, web pages, white papers, designs, etc.) that you’ve done previously?” That’s an innocent request. That’s a good request. Let’s […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Hiding from bad news is a common situation. I had to realize, however, that worse than bad news was no news. Yes, I did this. I was managing a project where I would hide in the bathroom. Everything was awful. The only place I could go and not hear terrible news was […]

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