Tag: culture

  • The Desired Result

    The Desired Result

    At this point, there are a bunch of things AI is so useful for that you’d probably use it even if you didn’t have to.

  • Be There For Others

    Be There For Others

    This may be one of the more compelling reasons I’ve heard so far for return-to-office: that in-office culture is especially beneficial for folks starting out when they’re picking up good habits, skills, and domain knowledge.

  • Last Meeting of the Day

    Last Meeting of the Day

    Someone told me a story about the executive in their meeting being very generously willing to go over the scheduled time as it was their last meeting of the day, and they’re usually hard to get time with, but unfortunately that didn’t work for everyone.

  • Routine Guilter

    Routine Guilter

    Something like this was suggested for a comic – I’m not casting aspersions on anyone.

  • Lifeline

    Lifeline

    Good luck with that first servicing loop.

  • Scheduling Divisions

    Scheduling Divisions

    I am sure that the company would prefer if you could avoid filling out your annual job satisfaction survey right after a really bad on-call loop.

  • Unexpected Returns

    Unexpected Returns

    Luckily this was from 10 years ago, and I feel like we have, collectively, gotten better about working while on vacation.

  • It’s Business Hours Somewhere

    It’s Business Hours Somewhere

    Seriously though, it does suck to have to be the one waking other people up at their 3 AM.

  • Don’t Look Now

    Don’t Look Now

    There can be a fine line to walk between “really honest” and “don’t scare the new person” when going over how things currently work.

  • Ask Me Almost Anything

    Ask Me Almost Anything

    I expect that everyone may break the build at some point, but not everyone can get the boss to swear at them.