More About Living in HotelsMore About Living in Hotels
In the past I have spent about 18 months living in hotels with a couple of months of breaks in between. I have previously written about it in terms of[...]
Category: Career
Increasing Efficiency through Less WorkIncreasing Efficiency through Less Work
I have just read an interesting article titled Why Crunch Mode Doesn’t Work [1] which documents the research on efficiency vs amount of time spent working (and by inference amount[...]
A Traditional Approach to an IT CareerA Traditional Approach to an IT Career
I have just read Career Development for Geeks [1] by Erik de Castro Lopo [2]. It makes some interesting points about a traditional approach to an IT career. The path[...]
Getting People into ITGetting People into IT
Pia writes about the difficulty in getting young women and young people in general into the computer industry [1]. While I agree that having more women in the computer industry[...]
Who Can Contribute to Free SoftwareWho Can Contribute to Free Software
A common misconception is that only programmers can contribute to free software. The first significant reference I recall to this was in a presentation by Pia Waugh [1] where she[...]
Some Good and Bad Ideas for RecruitingSome Good and Bad Ideas for Recruiting
Eweek has an interesting article about Microsoft’s latest bad hiring idea [1] (their previous one was hiring a model to try and give the idea that IT work is cool[...]
Writing a CV for a Contract PositionWriting a CV for a Contract Position
There is a lot of career advice related to writing CVs in books and floating around the net. Unfortunately almost all of it is tailored to permanent positions. Some advice[...]
Does Having Fewer Rules Inspire Hard Work?Does Having Fewer Rules Inspire Hard Work?
I was recently talking to a client about the lack of guidelines for acceptable personal use of office resources in his company. He rejected the suggestion that he provide any[...]
The Start of My Computer CareerThe Start of My Computer Career
When I was about 11 years old I decided that I wanted a career related to computers. My first computer was the TEC-1 single-board Z80 based kit computer from Talking[...]
IT Recruiting Agencies – Advice for Contract WorkersIT Recruiting Agencies – Advice for Contract Workers
I read an interesting post on Advogato about IT recruiting agencies (along with an interesting preface about medical treatment for broken ribs). Their report closely mirrored my experience in many[...]