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The VP-geebees
01 July 09 07:00 AM | ericbrec | 0 Comments   
It's the end of the fiscal year. Most engineers associate this time with performance review season, but for principal-level engineers and higher it's also executive review season. Time to waste weeks of your life writing slides for executive presentations Read More...
I'm listening
01 March 09 07:00 AM | ericbrec | 5 Comments   
It's Midyear Career Discussion time at Microsoft. Perhaps you just finished, but more than likely you're still trying to squeeze yours in. How'd it go? How will it go? For you? For your manager? Well, that depends. It depends a bit on your prior performance Read More...
Lead, follow, or get out of the way
01 December 07 08:24 AM | ericbrec | 2 Comments   
We're closing in on midyear career discussions again. It's time to place your hopes and humility in the hands of your hierarchy. I still haven't recovered from the amputation of our midyear ratings, which allowed managers to send messages and employees Read More...
August 1, 2005: “Controlling your boss for fun and profit”
01 August 05 12:40 AM | ericbrec | 4 Comments   
I. M. Wright's "Hard Code" book excerpt There’s a great gesture you can do to show just how little you care about someone who is wallowing in self-pity. You lightly rub the tips of your thumb and forefinger together saying, “This is the world’s smallest Read More...
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