Archive for the 'Careers' Category

Top 5 Tips To Resigning

May 1, 2007

I have written several popular blogs on hiring (here, here and here). I have watched a fair number of employees resign and think there is a definite “right way” and a definite “wrong way” to do it. Here are my Top 5 Tips to Resigning .
1. Be Honest - The most important tip by far is to be [...]

Career Guidance Quote For Friday

March 9, 2007

David Dibble used to be the EVP of Schwab Technology and had the big corner office on the opposite side of the floor to my pathetic cube in the 211 Main St. building in San Francisco (overlooking the Bay Bridge).
I forget the circumstances but he once passed on a great quote which in turn I pay forward as often [...]

Top Ten Tips for Managing Technical Security Folks

March 8, 2007

I don’t claim to be a brilliant manager at all. I like to think I am a pretty good leader but thats a different skill than managing. I am far from a perfect person. In fact it’s reflecting on my mistakes of managing in the past and contemplating what I will do better next time that [...]