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Monthly Archives March 2008

I’ll steal good ideas from anywhere

This is from a “Fresh Air from WHYY” Terry Gross interview with Dr. Richard Shannon, Chairman of the Dept. of Medicine of the University of PA Health System.
@ 43:48
“We learned early on that much of the focus in infection prevention was on how you place the catheter. What we learned through our observations (and borrowing [...]

Posted 20 March 2008 † schof § Management ‡ Comments (0)

Worst. Cover. Letter. Ever.

This used to contain the text (with names and e-mails taken out) of a cover letter I received from someone applying for a job. The letter was a masterpiece, insulting (either by assertion or implication) almost everyone at the company.
Despite the over-the-top nature of the letter, posting it here and picking on it started to [...]

Posted 10 March 2008 † schof § Broken § Dakim § Rants ‡ Comments (0)

Dakim is Hiring! Know any great geeks?

Linux Programmer: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/sof/598806531.html
Senior QA: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/sof/598812878.html
Junior QA: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/sof/598817260.html

Posted 07 March 2008 † schof § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0)

Weight Loss Update

204 pounds this morning. Less than 20 pounds away from my goal of 188 in 2008.
(Let’s not forget, I started at 255.)
And I’m up to 8 miles of strenuous hiking — did my house to Parker Mesa last weekend; doing a 7-miler with 1400 feet of elevation gain next weekend.
And I think it’s time to [...]

Posted 06 March 2008 † schof § fatblogging ‡ Comments (0)

How To Deal With Recruiters

I’m about to place an ad on Craigslist (Dakim is hiring; I’ll post a link to the ad here when it’s up.) and every time I post an ad, I get 200 calls from obnoxious recruiters. This is an snippet of an actual conversation that actually happened:
Me: I’m sorry, Dakim has a policy of not [...]

Posted 05 March 2008 † schof § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0)

An Epiphany, and My Technical Goals

First, the epiphany — despite all the fires, and multiple top priorities, and projects, and all the other fireballs of stress that scream over my desk — there is nothing I can do for Dakim that’s more important than hiring. Over the next two years, I’m probably going to add significant headcount to my department [...]

Posted 05 March 2008 † schof § Dakim § Linux ‡ Comments (0)