Anything and everything I write that has something to do with tech. Maybe it’s a post about the time I blew up that server in 2003 because I didn’t know what bridged networking really meant. Sorry Roger!
CEO: Our new strategy is to be nimble. Dilbert: Is that the same as saying our strategy is to have no strategy? CEO: Just do your job. Dilbert: Can I be nimble instead?
Source: Dilbert Comic Strip on 2012-11-15 | Dilbert by Scott Adams
The power to react quickly and effectively to changing circumstances should not be underestimated.
Boss: Studies show that it takes 10,000 hours of focused practice to become an expert at anything. According to your resume, you’ve only had enough database experience to be an incompetent menace. Interviewee: How many hours have you practiced doing interviews? Boss: I don’t like where this is headed.
Source: Dilbert Comic Strip on 2012-11-03 | Dilbert by Scott Adams
The 10,000 hours concept was one of the most powerful observations I was told as a Peace Corps Volunteer. After training and the first year in community, the time as a volunteer was nearly 10,000 hours.
Dilbert: I would be more productive with my own office. Studies show that cubicle workplaces lower intelligence. Boss: You can’t be sure that’s true because your cubicle lowered your intelligence. Dilbert: Wait… why does that make sense? Boss: Because I have an office.
Source: Dilbert
Whenever I think I want an office it’s because I’m convinced I would be more productive where fewer people would come and find me. However counting the number of times I visit someone in their office, multiplied by the number of staff on my floor, I realize that people with offices aren’t less busy.
What I really want is my home office and 75%+ telework.