Rants
A Bus Rant
The other day while going to Manhattan the express bus I was on pulled over to the side of the road after the last stop but before getting on the highway. We sat there for over 15 minutes with no explanation from the bus driver. Then the bus driver started the bus up and continued […]
No Questions Without A Resume
As someone who is currently unemployed and looking for work I have had the opportunity to talk with many recruiters over the last several weeks. One such conversation, which happened via email, made me think. I was emailed a job listing by a friend of mine. The listing was very generic but interested me just […]
Is Sotomayor A Racist?
“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.” Quick. Who said that? A motivational speaker? A career coach? A civil rights activist? Nope. Those words were uttered by U.S. Supreme Court […]
Citibank Scammed
If you thought things were bad for Citibank you haven’t heard the icing on the cake. According to a story in the New York Times, Citibank fell for a version of the famed “Nigerian scam” when a swindler tried to get money from an account held by the National Bank of Ethiopia at the bank. […]
Should I Give Up Trying To Make Things Better?
I’ve been working on this project for two months and have gotten very frustrated with the lack of communication regarding the specs for the software I’m supposed to be testing. Even more frustrating is the fact that this software is the backbone of the company’s business. You’d figure that since they felt it was important […]