Generality

As I get older, I realize that college might indeed be wasted on the young. As someone who has always been interested in learning for learning's sake, I took in as much as possible in my (very few) college years. Still, I didn't take with me as much as I would have liked to, in retrospect.

So now that I am wiser and still interested in learning, I jump at opportunities to bolster my knowledge. A co-worker of mine introduced me to The Teaching Company. He has ordered many courses from these people and has always been satisfied. A quick perusal of the catalog revealed many courses that piqued my interests. Continue reading "College is Wasted on the Young"

In business (especially in my industry: software), we get a chance to deal with many different personalities. One of those that I have trouble dealing with are most marketing people. Of course there are exceptions, and I know a few, but most of these people are just downright slimy.

For instance, I have (on a couple of different occasions, involving different people) been privy to conversations involving marketers and sales people. The conversations usually go like this:

Engineer: "But you are claiming that our product does some thing it doesn't do."
Marketing: "I don't care."
Engineer: "You don't care?!"
Marketing: "No. By the time they realize it doesn't quite do what they want, they've already bought it. I've done my job." Continue reading "Slimy Marketing People"