Advice I often give people is don't be lured into taking a job just because you will make more money. There is always another job offering even more money. If salary is your measure of success you will never be content. I think it's good advice even though if I hadn't been lured to take … Continue reading My bad career choice made this all possible
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I told the manager for the project I'm leading that I had vacation scheduled but planned to bring my laptop. She very specifically told me not to bring my laptop on vacation. Because she hasn't worked with me long, I'm pretty sure she thinks I am a workaholic who can't unplug. I guess it's an … Continue reading I did not take my laptop on vacation (but I considered it)
Woohoo! I actually got all my work stuff done this week. I had a lot of things to do to meet some important deadlines, and I got it all done! I wasn't sure I'd make it. Despite having very productive days, my to do list kept ending up longer at the end of the day … Continue reading I got all my work stuff done this week!
There are many unpleasant realities of the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. One is that yet again a qualified woman lost a job to a less qualified man. At least Hillary Clinton will not suffer the indignity of having to train and work for the man who took her job as so many … Continue reading At least Hillary won’t have to train the man who got her job (like I did)
Last month I wrote about my welcome to "women in tech" moment. Of course, for many women their welcome to tech moment (or congratulations on staying in tech moment) is worse than a mistaken handshake at a Christmas party. For many women that moment involves sexual harassment, and that first moment is rarely the last. … Continue reading I wasn’t sexually harassed by my first boss, but my coworkers were
Kim Z. Dale 