My answers to career advice people have asked me. Should I go deep or broad in my career? Early in your career, sample actively, i.e. go broad. Commit to depth when process (not just outcomes) energizes you. Read Range (David Epstein, 2019). ...
Who’s afraid of Google? Everyone
The Economist on Business Continuity Planning. The effect on Ericsson, a Swedish mobile-phone company, of a fire in a New Mexico chipmaking plant belonging to the Dutch firm Philips, has become a legend. The fire, in March 2000, started by a bolt of lightning, lasted less than 10 minutes, but it caused havoc to the super-clean environment that chipmaking requires. Ericsson, unable to find an alternative source of supply, went on to report a loss of over $2 billion in its mobile-phone division that year, a loss that left it as an also-ran in an industry where it had once been a leader. ...
Bottom line. A blog on the economics of IT.
Having seen a bit of it from the inside, I agree with Consulting Central’s ranking of consulting companies.
With the US economy slowing down, the need for technology workers has dropped 44%. Those with H1-B visas, and body shoppers, are facing the brunt.
Amazon is handing out stock options to laid off employees. That’s a good one!
I thought the next generation devices would use voice input. But maybe written is more likely. You can write on IBM’s Thinkpad and on Sony’s VAIO desktop.