[Editor’s note: mild spoilers ahead for Our Flag Means Death, a gay romantic comedy currently available on HBO Max.] Early in my career, I wanted to be management. Director. Vice President. Chief Design Officer. From where I sat, down in a cubicle pushing pixels, that’s where the power lay, where the real work happened. (Never … Continue reading “On Pirates And Management”

Here’s a simple thing you can do to help all of us succeed: When a recruiter contacts you about a position — whether it’s one you’re interested in or not, whether you’re looking or not — check to see if they’ve listed the salary range. If they have not, reply back “What’s the salary range?” … Continue reading “Salary ranges”

I tried writing tonight. It didn’t work. But I tried, and that’s progress. I also asked for help at work, and I got it, and I haven’t screwed up the relationship between me and the people I’m working with, so that’s progress. I also fixed four of my nine WordPress sites by manually uploading new … Continue reading “Small progress”