Work

Terminated in 2020, part 1: How you know you’re being laid off and what to do first

You’ll probably sense it coming Tuesday, April 9, 2020 — 8:30 a.m.: I was setting up my gear on our…

4 years ago

Life in the 21st century (before COVID-19)

These days, you get both bad screen and good screen in the comfort of your own home! See what like…

5 years ago

The problem with “Do what you love”

“Doing what you love” works only if you’re good at it and if people are willing to pay for it.…

5 years ago

Old Office, New Office

Summer Sojourn’s End My summer immersion term at Shopify ended on Friday. I’d found my niche within the company, gotten…

13 years ago

“That’s Not OCD” Revisited

Yesterday's posting, That's Not OCD, You're Just a Slacker, garnered quite a few comments on my tech blog, Global Nerdy. You…

14 years ago

It’s One of the Perks of the Job

The best antidote for a day full of meetings in boardrooms in a suburban office park is to finish it…

14 years ago

Getting Paid to Work for Ballmer is Pretty Nice

Me and Ballmer at the Microsoft Town Hall in Toronto, October 2009. David “DHH” Heinemeier Hansson recently wrote in the…

14 years ago