Blog Posts

You’ve talked to the recruiter, and now you’re talking to the manager or senior staff members. It sounds like it is going well. How can you show that you’re the best person for the job? Ask questions. Listen to and engage the other people in the conversation. The questions let... [Read More]

In over 40 years, I’ve worked at startups and established companies. I’ve worked for big, I’ve worked for small. Some have been exciting, nurturing places that “got it right.” Others stumbled through without a clue. Here are some tell-tale signs that you’re in the wrong place. [Read More]

I’ve been at this documentation thing since the mid-1980s. This document is due in no small part to the work I’ve participated in at Compaq, Microsoft, and Autodesk in the 1980s and 1990s with great people from whom I’ve learned a lot. In those early days, we made it up... [Read More]

If I had the time, I’d write it myself! Go ahead. And we’ll be here to edit and rewrite it to corporate standards. There is more than opening Word. What we do is called writing, not typing. [Read More]

Sometimes, work and the tasks in front of you can be overwhelming. You’ve got too many decisions to make, too many things that need a decision. You feel like a ball bouncing back and forth — and getting nowhere. Do what I do. I walk away, clear my mind, and... [Read More]