Archive for the 'management' Category
The nature of ‘production’
March 2nd, 2009What does it mean for a system to be ‘in production’?
This came up for me on Friday. We have a NAS unit, a shiny new NetApp filer, which was recently purchased and set up, and although we are testing things with it, we hadn’t yet taken the final steps — it was not directly […]
How not to sell me your staffing services
June 13th, 2008*ring ring*
Me: Hello, this is Sabrina.
$(Colleague): Hey, Sabrina, I have a phone call for you. What’s your outside number?
Me: *gives it to her*
$(Colleague): Okay, thanks. I’ll put him through now.
*clicky*
Me: Hello?
$(Recruiter): Hello! This is ICantRead with WellKnownRecruiting Group!
Me: …okay.
$(Recruiter): …
*click*
*ring* *ring*
Me: Hello, this […]
How to make your hiring manager cry
March 6th, 2008I feel a little let down. You see, I’m hiring for an open sysadmin position, and … it turns out that it is hard work. Curse you, recession, keeping everybody from wanting to job-hop willy-nilly!
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve posted the job to LOPSA and Sage’s job boards. (Representin’ my […]
Cool boss tricks
September 4th, 2007Belatedly, in honor of National Boss’ Day, here’s a short list of things I liked that some of my previous bosses did.
1. “H—– Day.” My boss J. would sometimes pick a slow day and randomly announce it as a holiday, naming it after himself. I always said that if I became a manager, […]
