davethegrinch.net

After seven and a half years it’s time to say goodbye.

Here’s some parting remarks about my tenure on the edge of the internet.

• I’ve had more managers than offices
• I’ve had a lot of offices
• I started as an immigrant, became a resident and left a citizen
• I’m surprised I wasn’t fired
• Flexible work schedules make flexible employees
• Free pepsi and coke is not an effective tool to boost employee morale
• Beer apparently is
• Life balance is not defined by how many hours one spends in meetings versus the hours one spends in their office
• Why bother holding a meeting when the decision has already been made - send a memo or something
• Becoming a VP doesn’t automatically make you Bill Gates
• I’m surprised how many people love taco salads
• The quality of software engineering is directly proportional to the quality of the software engineers’ management.
• Halloween should be a national holiday
• August R’n'R is a good idea only if you plan to not achieve anything in August
• For a company on the bleeding edge of the digital information revolution, submitting paper forms to report vacation seems kind of quaint
• Rebranding websites and players for “partners” is never a good or profitable idea
• It’s just entertainment on the internet, nobody is going to die if it doesn’t launch on time
• Deadlines should only be decided upon when at least one person knows what should be delivered on that deadline
• There are worse places to work than RN however complacency is not an excuse to stay

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