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  • Reply To: Don't Forget About Financial Skills

    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...

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    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: AI Steals Joy

    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?'

  • Reply To: Ghostworkers

    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?'

  • Reply To: Ghostworkers

    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?'

  • Reply To: Ghostworkers

    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?'

  • Reply To: What Keeps You Employed?

    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?'

  • Reply To: Deleting a Database

    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?'

  • Reply To: How Do You Know You Are Right?

    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?'

  • Reply To: The AI View From Above

    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?'

  • Reply To: The Return to the Office Debate

    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?'

  • Reply To: How Do You Know You Are Right?

    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?'

  • Reply To: Interview Tips

    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?'

  • Reply To: Interview Tips

    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?'

  • Reply To: Staying Employed

    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?'

  • Reply To: The Return to the Office Debate

    duplicated again due to 'timeout'.

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    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

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