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My financial skill building began in my grade school days when I started working summer farm jobs and my first 'savings account' was an old fabric bank bag stashed under...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
September 27, 2025 at 2:14 pm
After retiring the first time I was invited to return to my position, and part of the negotiation was limiting the number of meetings I would have to attend. That...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
September 15, 2025 at 4:20 pm
David, I love your blister comment. Very well thought out.
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
August 27, 2025 at 7:24 pm
From my perspective of being 82 years old, with at least 70 of those years working for money, 42 years working specifically in IT, 10 years of management experience, and...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
August 27, 2025 at 1:25 pm
Just a couple thoughts on this:
If you are working on a 'side hustle' on my time, you're fired so you will have more time.
If you walk into my office and...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
August 27, 2025 at 1:07 pm
After years of trying to figure it all out, my KISS method answer is "I make information from data".
Besides working with about 30 instances of servers, couple hundred data bases,...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
June 11, 2025 at 11:10 am
Back in my early days, many moons ago even before databases were common, I wrote a script which deleted a data entry file and renamed the backup file. You can't...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
May 30, 2025 at 1:43 am
Rod, I bounce ideas off my wife all the time. In fact, most of them bounce off.
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
May 27, 2025 at 9:55 pm
I asked AI how I should jump off my deck, and it said "head first".
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
May 19, 2025 at 2:02 pm
From my perspective of 15 years retired, having worked for 10 employers and with over 42 years in IT, I get sort of weary of this whole debate. To me,...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
May 17, 2025 at 9:41 pm
Do you really still have a set of encyclopedias? I haven't seen any in decades. I think mine were bought about 1966 with the ten years of update volumes. But...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
May 10, 2025 at 10:14 pm
My tips:
Don't use an AI resume. Write your own.
Delete yourself from LinkedIn before you apply.
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
May 8, 2025 at 7:38 pm
My only advice on this subject is to stay FAR AWAY from LinkedIn. Most of the people there should be LockedUp.
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
May 4, 2025 at 9:17 pm
I am 100% against reducing required skills etc for data entry and data movement. We need highly skilled people to validate and correct data before it enters our systems and...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
April 24, 2025 at 4:14 pm
duplicated again due to 'timeout'.
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
April 23, 2025 at 1:49 pm
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