The second you give your URL to a co-worker, The Code now extends to that virtual space. So unless you are a self-promoting douchebag running a site about how great your company is, don’t do it. Sadly, this means none of my co-workers should be reading this. Err… Hmm. Uh oh. Editors Note 2/4/24This was…
Category: Co-Workers
Rule 16: Never give a date for things beyond your control
“When will the project complete?” I hate this question and I bet you do too. If it’s some document or presentation you need to create – that is simple enough. Take whatever you are comfortable with and add 20-30% on top of whatever you were going to say. If you need to work harder or…
Rule 13: A Pro keeps their friends close and their enemies off their projects
A Pro would rather fight and fail with people they respect than succeed with people they don’t. If only life was that simple. I have plenty of strategies to keep good people with you and bad people away… but sooner or later you’ll need to make the best of a bad situation. This is when…
Rule 10: A Pro treats all levels of the organization with the same respect
I never met Steve Jobs and I probably wouldn’t notice Zuckerberg if he was killing a goat next to me, but word on the street is they were/are total fucking pricks. Musk is openly an asshole. Bezos is calculated to earn over $300 a second, 24 hours a day – but wouldn’t give his warehouse workers healthcare and adequate bathroom…
Rule 8: A Pro doesn’t show anger
You are going to get angry. In fact, the longer you stay at a company, the angrier you will get (a.k.a. the “Camelback Effect”, see below). Unfortunately, anger is the enemy of almost every other rule. So you must either actively eliminate your emotions OR actively fight against expressing your emotions in any discernible way. Unless you…