I've been to HI close to 10 times. Driven the Autobahn is a drop dead gorgeous new Audi A6. Drove a Jeep around Grand Cayman.Well, MY company used to send us away for 3 or 4 day long "meetings". One year they sent 500 of us engineer types at an uber fancy resort in Arizona. Let's just say we partied and no expense was spared. The things that went on that weekend...OMG.
Scott
PS Smiling at ya with the "MY" @JeffKeryk.
Yep, one time I had a nearly new company-owned Audi A6 up to its top speed on the Autobahn (and I got passed by a 911 type Porsche doing at least 160 mph!). Another time while in England I had a company owned Mercedes completely sideways in the rain while doing a half dozen, opposite lock roundabout donuts at 3 AM, the Merc's engine screaming at 6K rpm! Or the night a colleague and I got airborne in a rented 5 liter Mustang GT in the corporate parking lot!
And few of those very hard-working folks have what it takes to truly succeed in the tech startup world, hence the disparity in compensation. Not a judgement or disparagement at all, just a fact. Different skillsets and abilities.
Ahhh the tech boom. I was a Divisional Controller at the time with a high flying tech company, and was once asked to hide, "bury" the cost of a couple golf carts that somehow became submarines at a Sales event, apparently topless caddies were involved as was a downhill race. Small change in my overall budget, but a big favor to have in my pocketWell, MY company used to send us away for 3 or 4 day long "meetings". One year they sent 500 of us engineer types at an uber fancy resort in Arizona. Let's just say we partied and no expense was spared. The things that went on that weekend...OMG.
Scott
PS Smiling at ya with the "MY" @JeffKeryk.
Good times, good times indeed.
Spot on. Far harder, and important, than anything I've ever come close to doing.
Arguably, that describes most industries if you want to earn more than $200K.
Her experience is very common. I tell people Silicon Valley chews up people and spits out money. Corporate politics can be brutal and highly unfair. Managers and co-workers can be cutthroat.
Or find a way around one user/license...I once wrote a check to MSFT for getting caught, expensive but less than the licenses all those years
Or find a way around one user/license...I once wrote a check to MSFT for getting caught, expensive but less than the licenses all those years
THIS! kind of stuff does indeed happen in Silicon Valley!Ahhh the tech boom. I was a Divisional Controller at the time with a high flying tech company, and was once asked to hide, "bury" the cost of a couple golf carts that somehow became submarines at a Sales event, apparently topless caddies were involved as was a downhill race. Small change in my overall budget, but a big favor to have in my pocket
I loved our time in Silicon Valley as coming from the Mass tech culture, the work culture was similar but the weather was, well California, not Massachusetts. What I did appreciate, was the overall culture of meritocracy. Maybe that has changed somewhat, but I felt it was and is the land of opportunity.
Yep, that's my Sue!
That, in my experience, is the biggest barrier to success in Silicon Valley. Perhaps everywhere? While some succeed, technical workers are generally not management potential. People Peter Principal out and hurt a lotta people along the way. They take the position for the $$ and title. And become miserable, often quit or are asked to leave. Most were productive, valued contributors before taking on the new role.
