A man named Pang Cong asked the king, “If someone claimed there was a tiger in the city, would you believe this person?” The king didn’t think so. He would dismiss it as a rumor. Pang Cong then asked, “If two people came up to you and said they saw a tiger, would you believe […]
Boxed in part 2
If you felt trapped in a job you didn’t enjoy – how do you find a way out? Imagine doing the same thing every day. You haven’t been able to change groups. You don’t have much luck finding a job outside because your skills are obsolete. You are able to provide value to your current […]
Encouraging the team to clean the espresso machine
If your company is swanky enough to have baristas and janitors on site to clean up the mess, this post isn’t for you. For the rest of us kitchen maintenance is important. Your office manager can’t cover everything. Not everyone has the same level of cleanliness because we all had different upbringings. As the manager, […]
Suman growing Rockstor to 10 paid users
I caught up with Suman of Rockstor recently. I previously wrote about Suman managing an open source community. He’s been working on Rockstor for over 3 years, funding everything by himself. He needs to find a way to keep the open source spirit alive for himself and at the same time pay rent. We live in San Francisco. He […]
How does your team handle a stolen laptop?
A member of my team lost a company laptop. San Francisco is a harsh teacher if you leave a backpack visible in a car. Doesn’t matter where you’ve park, or how quickly you think you will be back – someone will come by and check. And they will smash your windows. I don’t think he […]
First day of a new hire
I was gung-ho about my first job out of college. I arrived at the lobby early in the morning eager to start. I’ve been in school the whole time and I wanted to work on many different projects, show impact and climb the career ladder as a junior hardware engineer. I had to wait. Everyone […]
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