Human Resources
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Articles about Human Resources.
~ Aristotle Sabouni
Created: 2017-11-03 |
- Adobe: Beer Bash - Adobe has some awesome benefits, and they often rank in the top-10 places in the bay area to work... and the bay area ranks in the top of the nation, and our country is ranked pretty high in the world as well. Our beer bashes are definitely one of them. This table is the inner circle responsible for a lot of it for decades. Ahh friends. Many have retired away.
- Chinese Fire Drill - Work was doing a fire drill, and I joked that it was a Chinese Fire Drill. HR overhead, and nearly needed a fainting couch.
- Gender Wage Gap - This one is many myths (lies) in one: (a) Women get $.77-.82 cents on the dollar compared to what men make (this injustice is called the "Gender wage/pay gap" or GWG) (b) We need big government (politicians) and new laws/regulations/taxes to fix it (c) Democrat politicians motives are all sincere, anyone that opposes is a sexist/misogynistic/bigot. All false, and debunked here.
- Getting a raise - Tips for getting a raise... assuming you're actually worth more than you're getting paid. and if you're not, then you can learn to be worth more. (1) Reduce the risk to your company (2) be easy to work with (3) Manage expectations (4) Show your worth (5) Demand what your worth (6) be prepared to leave (7) leave if you can get more elsewhere.
- Hiring Programmers - Many Human Resources and Managers, don't know how to hire or utilize programmers; proven by their job reqs. They act like they can just throw programmers around from one task to another, or they select programmers based on language (Syntax), and not what really matters (skills and abilities).
- Is there a tech shortage? - Is there a shortage of qualified technical people? Yes and no. Unemployment is low, so there's certainly a demand. But there's also a lot of qualified people looking that can't get hired or want to break into the field, and the number of Résumé's to job openings is still absurdly high, so let's not pretend that you can't find people -- companies just can't find people that meet their requirements (which are often stupid).
- Ivory Tower - Where people are disconnected from the practical concerns of everyday life, in favor of their own pursuits (happily cut off from the real world). Colleges and Universities once stood for education and learning and sharing information with others in your area of interest. Now, out of touch educators, bureaucratic hoops, and marxism defines the, "ivory tower".
- Micromanagement - There are good managers, and there are micromanagers, but there are no good micromanagers. You can lead, trust and inspire, or you can question, dictate and undermine -- but not both. So there's a time to micromanage some people or some aspects of a project, but in general, if you micromanage, you aren't delegating and giving people the freedom they need to succeed.
- Software Engineer - There are many positives to the job; because it takes a lot of knowledge to do well, so there are few that will do it. And because it requires thought and continual learning and change, there are fewer that can do it well. So getting a job that's in demand and hard to fill, generally means good salaries and relative security. But it's not all roses.
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