Category: Observations & Ideas
Home Broadband 2015 | Pew Research Center
Their was a time when you had your home phone, your pay television provider, and your electric provider. This trinity of utilities and communication lasted for decades. Then, like the FOX network, along came the […]
Burgers, US Salaries, and Chinese Intellectual Property.
Have you ever spoken with someone who works at a retail chain, or a fast food restaurant, about the state of salary? The conversation generally includes something like “Well I’ve been here for five years, […]
Review and reflect.
I attended a field trip with one of my kids recently. The field trip was to the local planetarium located on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. When the man […]
CTE, Not for you, not for me.
This CTE article gets much right but misses some of the bigger points.
No equitable solution
Equity is the key to it all.
PSA: Reply All
Reply All is definitely worth your time.
The Bachelor Black Hole
A professional individual contributor is the personification of the middle class. Initially PIC’s were not Individual contributors.. they were management. Professionals got their start in complex jobs and middle management, entry level white collar. You […]
PIC Privacy: Wellness
One of the biggest challenges of Professional Individual Contributors is that we live in an era where everything is public. This is especially true for professional positions where technical acumen is expected. How can someone […]
Complexity and Commitment
They say it takes six months to get up to speed, in reality could it be six years?



