by Tracy Thomason | Dec 10, 2019 | Career Advancement
Shortly after I published my article on Inbox Zero, a friend sent me a text that said, “As I’ve been cleaning stuff out of my inbox, more have loaded. There are now 21k+ in my inbox. I think I’m giving up on this endeavor. Sorry.” Although it...
by Tracy Thomason | Dec 3, 2019 | Career Advancement
There’s a tickle in the back of your mind. It whispers, “Why are you reading this dumb blog post? Your email is stacking up. There are 6,000 messages in your inbox, and 400 are unread. Open your inbox and despair!” If that’s you, I am sorry to hear...
by Tracy Thomason | Nov 19, 2019 | Career Advancement
In every office, there’s that one person whose causes you to cringe when their name pops up in your email inbox. That person sends George R. R. Martin worthy epics full of intrigue, shady characters, mysteries, and technical specifications for your current engineering...
by Clifford Colvin | Oct 29, 2019 | Career Advancement, Leadership
Have you ever worked with a group of people, and thought: I am leading, but no one is listening? I recently heard this from one of the youths I work with at our church. It hit home because I can count many times in my experiences where I have felt the same way. If I...
by Tracy Thomason | Oct 23, 2019 | Career Advancement, Leadership
A friend asked me to recommend a reading list for first time engineering managers. While lamenting my inability to narrow my reading list down to a reasonable handful, I realized that I might provide a broader coverage if I tapped a few other engineering managers for...
by Tracy Thomason | Oct 15, 2019 | Career Advancement
There are days when it’s the most painful 30 (or 45 or 60 or more) minutes of your day. Commuting to work. And then you get to do it all over again later that day when you head home. According to multiple studies (2004, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019), your...
