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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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3 October 2003 - 9:37 am
Yesterday at work I was given a mysterious document by the Senior Software Engineer who sits on the other side of the aisle from me. I thought I should reproduce it here for everyone's benefit, as it seems to contain useful business advice.
1) Never walk down the hall without a document in your hands. People with documents in their hands look like hardworking employees heading for important meetings.
2) Use computers to look busy. Any time you use a computer, it looks like work to the casual observer.
3) Messy desk. To the casual observer, last year's work looks the same as today's work; it's volume that counts.
4) Voice mail. Never answer your phone if you have voice mail. People don't call you just because they want to give you something for nothing - they call because they want you to DO work for THEM.
If anyone else has helpful tips like these for a guy just getting started in a new job, feel free to leave them for me.
Posted by on 3 October 2003 at 9:37 AM
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