Category: On The Job

Repost “This isn’t an 8-5 Job” – 3rd Repost

It almost doesn’t matter who you are or what you do, there are virtually no limits to working hours for today’s PIC.

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?

The Netflix Slide Deck, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Netflix slide Deck has been called the most important document to come out of Silicon Valley. It has some very good and bad in it…

Title Roulette

What’s in a title for a Professional Individual Contributor?

It takes six months.

The Professional Individual Contributor is a subset of the more common term ‘white collar worker’ (WCW).  I don’t use the term white collar worker because that WCW also encompasses management, both perceived (supervisor or director […]

Setup for Failure

Never believe it is as simple as when they say the last guy just didn’t do what was needed.

Gallup: Why 85% of Germany Disengaged

There are always great lessons from the international workforce, this one is from Germany.

Burn and Churn, or everything old is new again.

Creating a system at odds with the needs of people is not visionary.