Getting into a field, moving up in it, and the networking that decides both. People who changed direction late, broke in from outside, or taught what they knew once they arrived.
CareersAcross thirty-three years I had no boss I would call excellent, two I would call decent, and the rest were various shades of insanity. One kept a certificate declaring him legally insane framed on his office wall, obtained deliberately because…
CareersThe book does not claim frightened employees are more productive. It claims companies believe that, and they are wrong. I did not see any of it clearly until after I left, and the transaction was never eight hours a day.
CareersIT certifications still move careers in 2026, but which ones and why has shifted. The catch is a certificate only helps when it maps to a real skill and role.
CareersHe was not going anywhere and neither was I. Learning to work under somebody like that without absorbing their behavior is a skill, and I learned it because I had to.
CareersTwenty years on the hiring side of the table. I know what hiring managers are thinking because I was one, and the first thirty seconds decides more than anybody admits.
CareersNot asking permission, just telling him I would be out of range for a weekend. He said if I did not call back within fifteen minutes of a page, I was fired.
Career StoryThe October 26, 2023 episode: the first disk defragmenter, SCADA still running on VAX/VMS, 1980s phone-card fraud profiling, phone phreaks, the boss with an insanity certificate and the armed-guard firing day, John Shields and Dan Bane, customer-free digital transformation, the…
CareersCybersecurity leader Sixto Bernal on treating security as part of sales and building a career on business awareness.
CareersCybersecurity leader Erik Boemanns on entering the field, networking on LinkedIn, referrals, and interview skills.
Career StoryThe February 14, 2021 interview: 1981 DEC clustering and the first disk defragmenter, SCADA water systems, the Trader Joe’s exit, the $1,000-a-book apprenticeship and same-day $10,000 turnaround, the four-four-three-one technical book tally, the report-in-the-trash CEO, LinkedIn rules from 100+ profiles,…
Career StoryThe September 30, 2019 class session: pivoting clients and billable research, the telemedicine million-dollar lesson, micromanagers and the heart-to-heart Richard once received, money trails and the SEC, the confusion technique, agenda enforcement, feelings-versus-data failure signs, and the consultant who rebuilt…
Author BusinessThe February 19, 2019 hour on monetizing writing: ghostwriting demand explained through celebrity books, the gig economy, content mills at a dollar an hour versus one contract worth 75 of them, LinkedIn outreach and reference chains, the it-takes-work phenomenon, the…
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