My friend pointed out that despite all the credentials and ability, a big group of us were trapped under a glass ceiling in middle management and had no path or connections to anything better. Middle management is a lonely no-man’s land. Workers hate you for keeping them on task. They are infantile and just want…
Author: Steve
Feminine Rule
The sun rose over the city, casting a golden light over the bustling streets below. The clack-clack of high heels on the pavement echoed through the air as women rushed to their offices, determined to take on the day like a bull charging into the ring. Women were the new demographic majority in the workplace,…
Trump Is Not Good For Everyone
Raging with cortisol is no way to get through the day. She allowed herself to be spun into outrage over media drama about the imaginary, trivial, and misrepresented. They knew how to push the buttons of people like her, and so those millions of needless casualties and the subsequent fractured nation were on their hands,…
Operating with Imperfect Information
Jobs are treated as rigid relationships because that illusion of constraints is easier for management. The yearly ritual review is there to solidify that falsehood. Both worker and manager agree on a narrow scheme of evaluation for a minimal raise disconnected from real issues concerning the business or worker. Were allegiance to this fiction doubted,…
Compromised to Ruins
We were caught in a vice: working too much, sleeping too little, and failing to maintain our health. Eventually the reaper calls. Waking up too early squeezes available time at the outset, releasing cortisol from the stress of trying to making the impossible fit. You either skip breakfast or eat garbage of some sort, not…
Honor and Money
“Honor and money cannot fit in the same bag.” -Proverb So it is. When the goal is money, it is clear that you must renounce honor. This is the purpose of workplace culture displacing normal standards. In the office you are asked to remain silent about your values, preferences, or beliefs while complying with orders…
Reluctant Master’s Degree
Realizing an undergraduate degree led to a no man’s land of cubicle dwelling, we reluctantly turned to credential acquisition. All you have to do is pay for classes, show up, listen, and complete your work. Anyone can do it; some do. A year or two later, you have another degree. Never believers in having degrees,…
Money Left On The Table
Some people in IT obviously earned good money, but how they earned it was unclear. Top talent was often well paid, but not rich, while those who received millions in stock were often mediocre and seemed to be lucky to get free money because their company was acquired. An organized approach for using talent to…
Living in Triplicate
Because of instability and chaotic reactivity throughout society, you have to operate in triplicate for resilience. In addition to your primary career, you need to keep a secondary career in case your specialty falls out of favor and is replaced. You’ll also need to develop a third career as a backup, one which is midrange…
Installing Regimes
Regime change by force is a hard job. You have to send troops and weapons halfway across the world to clear out military leaders. Neighbors don’t understand the opportunity others envision from regime change. It’s understandable that regime change by color revolution operation is preferable. Fund a few people to instigate chaos, make accusations, synchronize…
Election Fraud Data Science
The recent detection of layered election fraud schemes validates the emerging maturity of data science, particularly the difference between hobby level fraud that previously was good enough but now is easily detected by advanced practitioners of data science. Elections since 2012 have been subject to increasing fraud, particular in voting machines and voting center organization…
Raising a Family
The young couple complained that they could not raise a family on their income, and blamed various systems for oppressing them and forcing them to be childless. Meanwhile, 30 million illegal aliens who do not know it was impossible easily created large families. They had modest apartments and lived inexpensively, cooking simple foods and making…