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The Working Life

Surviving, and occasionally winning, inside a job

Surviving, and occasionally winning, inside a job

Six books written out of thirty-three years in corporate America, twenty of them as Director of Computer Operations at Trader Joe’s. They cover the bad boss, the job that is grinding you down, the layoff, the ethics nobody trains you on, and the exit.

The through line is that most career advice is written for the benefit of the employer, and that noticing this is where leverage starts.

The books

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