Tag Archives: Reality checks

Sayonara

A revolving door in Turkey (counter-clockwise ...
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When I hire people I’m usually paying attention to the time the candidate spent in each job.  While I accept the fact that companies and people don’t stay married for 8, 10, 20 years any more as they did when I started my career, it’s still a red flag to me to see someone with 3 jobs in 4 years with 3 different companies. It says as much to me about the company as it does about the candidate. Continue reading

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Ralph Moneybags

I was pleasantly surprised last evening to receive an email from a old friend.  Attached to it was a photograph which you see off to the right.

Thanks Eric!

Thanks Eric!

No, it’s not the 4 Stooges although that would have been an appropriate moniker at the time.  It’s the cast and crew of a film shot in the late 60’s called “The Treasure of Ralph Moneybags” and seeing this shot made me think about how in many ways the digital world we’re in has helped and hurt what is now getting to be two generations of kids.

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Yakkity Yak

When our eldest daughter was a toddler, she had an amusing habit.  She would sit in her car seat chattering away, regaling us with stories and songs until she fell asleep. The amusing part was she would often fall asleep in the middle of a sentence or verse (some of my friends have the same habit now and I’m always afraid that they’ll spill whatever they’re holding…).  It was a monologue, something she was doing for her own benefit.  We’d hear her but not – she was just making noise until she fell asleep. Continue reading

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