Tag: How Not To Suck

  • How Not To Suck At Facebook

    How Not To Suck At Facebook

    “See this? Our website? I just want it to suck less. Can you make it suck less? I have a big bag of money for someone that can make it suck less for me. ” – a CTO who shall remain nameless, during a business meeting circa 1999 I am in my 30’s. I am…

  • How Not To Suck At Meetings

    How Not To Suck At Meetings

    “Oh, and remember: next Friday… is Hawaiian shirt day. So, you know, if you want to, go ahead and wear a Hawaiian shirt and jeans.” – Bill Lumburgh This is another one of those “really? I seriously need to write this?” blog entries. Because I look at this, you will look at this, and think…

  • The Fly

    The Fly

    “If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. “Pretty fly for a white guy” – The Offspring There are two directions we’re going to go here…and neither one of them is a good one for you to take at a networking…

  • Shall We Play A Game?

    “How do you not snap and scream at people in meetings?” – a former coworker When my very first That Guy entry I ever wrote recently bubbled up, I was reminded of a more recent event that might help people. A little while ago, a coworker looked at me across the lunchroom table and asked: “How do…

  • How Not To Suck At Interviewing For A Job Part 3

    How Not To Suck At Interviewing For A Job Part 3

    Congratulations, you’ve made it past the first hurdle. You’ve gotten past the gatekeepers, resume screeners, candidate tracking systems, and have gotten a call or email that someone would actually like to talk to you about hiring you for a job that they have open. So Dave did a phenomenal job with part 1 and part 2…