How to Ask Your Boss for Telecommute
The key is to demonstrate the business benefit of telecommute and make it too expensive or excruciating to refuse a request for it. No doubt there are tones of benefits for employees, — save gas (who can afford it today?), cut off commute time, flexible hours, work while babysitting, work wearing pajamas, share work hours with your own business, etc. but what’s good for the company? There are plenty too, the main benefit is increasing productivity, if you can approve it. Here’s how you approach: Read more
How To Get A Raise - The Bum’s Appraoch
I work in downtown area started around 10 years ago. During work I go out to take a walk couple of times a day. My regular route passes a convenient store where a bunch of beggars hang around in front of it.
For long time beggars asked “Do you have changes?” when they saw me. Most of the time I gave them pennies, nickels, and maybe dimes. But I didn’t give quarter. I saved quarters for parking. Read more
Are State IT Jobs Secure?
State government IT jobs pay lower than private sectors. Using the state of California as example, in Sacramento, the state capital, the top limit salary is about $76,000 per year for senior IT workers, — Senior Information Systems Analysts (DBAs, system administrators, software architects, etc) and Senior Programmer Analysts. In the same city IT workers with matching experience and skill levels should make $80,000 - $100,000. Read more
What Else Are My Coworkers Doing at Work?
What do my coworkers do at work? Work, of course. What else? browsing at break, chatting, gossiping, a cup of java, just some normal things. But that’s not all. Read more
How to Exercise While Sitting at Your Computer
Sitting at the computer all day is not exactly good for the body. If you have to be at a desk all day long, doing some simple things can improve your posture and health. Read more
Computer Worker’s Eye Care Tips
Computer Vision Syndrome: Take Steps to Protect Your Eyes
Some 75 million Americans have jobs that require them to sit in front of a computer for many hours a day, says the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Read more
Surviving from Aging
1. Age Discrimination
2. Strategies in Workplace
3. Strategies in Job Hunting
4. Best Workplace for Aging IT Pros
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Dealing with Layoff
1. How to Avoid Layoff
2. Preparing for the Worst
3. How to Survive from Layoff
Facing Offshore Competition
1. The Offshore Trend
2. What Makes Offshoring Possible
3. Offshore Impact to Homeland Techies
4. How to Beat Offshore Trend
The Worst Boss Ever?
I am often asked for advice on the direction a person’s career should take. Rather than ask the questioner to describe their “best” job (which most people find hard to specify), I’ve found it of more benefit to ask them to tell me about their worst job - real or imagined. Read more
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