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Archive for August 21st, 2007

On hiatus

Posted by Arsenalist on 21st August 2007

Due to a family emergency, I’ll be on hiatus till at least August 30th.

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Career not going anywhere? Just change your title

Posted by Arsenalist on 21st August 2007

So you’ve been working away at your development job for God knows how long and there’s no end in sight to your misery. There’s no chance of moving up in the company and although your bosses like you, they don’t think much of you. They’re happy with what you’re doing as long as you do it quietly, deliver in the whereabouts of your deadlines, show up to the company picnic and stay out of any real decision making. You’re taking up more and more responsibilities over the years but your pay is only being raised by a paltry 2% while the cost of living is going up by 5. You know you’re being fucked but are too lazy or incapable of doing anything. So what do you do? You change your title of course.

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