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Ken Williams
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in Simi Valley, California, The United States
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October 2020
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“You, dear reader, should take away from this time in my life that you must always be thinking about how marketable you are. I was right about that. If you have only one skill and the market for that skill is limited, your upside is limited and your downside is wide open. If you get lucky, your company will never have a layoff. If you wait long enough, you’ll get a raise or promotion. If you are good, work hard, and work for the right company, this is a viable strategy. But it’s not one that will give you true job security or allow you to skip steps as you climb the career ladder.”
― Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings: The rise and fall of Sierra On-Line
― Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings: The rise and fall of Sierra On-Line
“One hour projects take one hour to complete. Four hour projects take a day. One day projects take a week. One week projects take a couple of months. And, six month or longer projects tend to never complete.”
― Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings: The rise and fall of Sierra On-Line
― Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings: The rise and fall of Sierra On-Line
“And, regardless of what they may say, even those people who fight the hardest against grading systems hope to find an A player when it comes time to get their refrigerator repaired.”
― Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings: The rise and fall of Sierra On-Line
― Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings: The rise and fall of Sierra On-Line
“You, dear reader, should take away from this time in my life that you must always be thinking about how marketable you are. I was right about that. If you have only one skill and the market for that skill is limited, your upside is limited and your downside is wide open. If you get lucky, your company will never have a layoff. If you wait long enough, you’ll get a raise or promotion. If you are good, work hard, and work for the right company, this is a viable strategy. But it’s not one that will give you true job security or allow you to skip steps as you climb the career ladder.”
― Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings: The rise and fall of Sierra On-Line
― Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings: The rise and fall of Sierra On-Line
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