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  • RE: Type A, B, or C

    Jeff Moden (12/10/2012)


    What I'm suggesting is that tests such as MB ... do little in determining if someone will go postal or be an excellent employee.

    Again, that's not the point...

    Jay Bienvenu | http://bienv.com | http://twitter.com/jbnv

  • RE: Type A, B, or C

    Jeff Moden (12/10/2012)


    The problem is that companies ARE, in fact, using them to discriminate.

    And companies discriminate against people who don't know certain programming languages. That's part of doing business: choosing...

    Jay Bienvenu | http://bienv.com | http://twitter.com/jbnv

  • RE: Type A, B, or C

    Jeff Moden (12/7/2012)


    In fact, I believe that tests like MB ... won't actually detect whether or not someone will go postal or not. Neither will it identify if someone...

    Jay Bienvenu | http://bienv.com | http://twitter.com/jbnv

  • RE: Type A, B, or C

    Nadrek (12/5/2012)


    The Meyers-Briggs 16 "type" approach is mirrored by David Keirsey in his book "Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence", which is an excellent guide and very reasonably priced...

    Jay Bienvenu | http://bienv.com | http://twitter.com/jbnv

  • RE: Dog Food

    I once held a job where I was *forbidden* from using my employer's services: a Native-American casino. (They didn't have a problem with me gambling elsewhere.)

    Jay Bienvenu | http://bienv.com | http://twitter.com/jbnv

  • RE: Creativity

    chrisn-585491 (9/14/2012)


    An idea: Apply this on Friday afternoon after lunch, when you're probably not going to accomplish much in-the-box work anyway.

    Friday afternoon? That's when project managers that have been sitting...

    Jay Bienvenu | http://bienv.com | http://twitter.com/jbnv

  • RE: A Cloudy Future

    I have held four different full-time jobs over the last 8 years. Each job required a different skill set. The result is the precisely this sort of "undesirable" skill set:...

    Jay Bienvenu | http://bienv.com | http://twitter.com/jbnv

  • RE: Creativity

    An idea: Apply this on Friday afternoon after lunch, when you're probably not going to accomplish much in-the-box work anyway.

    Jay Bienvenu | http://bienv.com | http://twitter.com/jbnv

  • RE: Fix v. Create

    Michael Valentine Jones (8/24/2012)


    As I said, it was at a place where I worked, meaning it’s not where I work now and I don’t need advice on looking for a...

    Jay Bienvenu | http://bienv.com | http://twitter.com/jbnv

  • RE: Fix v. Create

    Fix versus create? In my experience, more like plan, implement infrastructure, create, test, correct, tune. And the sum of the percentages is more than 100%. (At least that's the impression...

    Jay Bienvenu | http://bienv.com | http://twitter.com/jbnv

  • RE: A Data Hub

    This is what I wanted to do and was trying to do for a previous employer. But it was completely lost on the decision makers. I was accused of not...

    Jay Bienvenu | http://bienv.com | http://twitter.com/jbnv

  • RE: Don't Share Passwords Across Sites

    jmgroft (7/30/2012)


    The best we can do is create a system that keeps honest people honest and forces dishonest people to work so hard that it's not worth their while.

    It...

    Jay Bienvenu | http://bienv.com | http://twitter.com/jbnv

  • RE: What to look for in an employer

    James Stover (7/24/2012)


    I always try to find out if I am filling a new position or one that someone has vacated. That 's the initial fork in the road for...

    Jay Bienvenu | http://bienv.com | http://twitter.com/jbnv

  • RE: What to look for in an employer

    I too would like to know the significance of the flagpole and the fish tank. "There are, of course, the classic general danger signs such as a fish-tank in the...

    Jay Bienvenu | http://bienv.com | http://twitter.com/jbnv

  • RE: Time Zones

    Russell Lavelle-langham (7/20/2012)


    at the risk of starting a whole new thread fork, it's Beer O'Clock here in London, England so I'm off out to play.

    That is one definite problem with...

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