millennials at work

Everything you can imagine is real

May 14, 2010
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Last week my office had a company wide meeting, which is always great because you get to hear about company successes and the vision of our founders. But I got sort of peeved when one of the VPs was introducing a new VP and mentioned how he was “new and nieve.”  He then went on [...]

The Seventh Inning Stretch

March 1, 2010

Tomorrow marks the end of month number seven since I moved to Austin and started my job at National Instruments. It feels good to have made it this far, especially because I doubted my ability to live here in Austin without all of my college friends. But things are coming along, and the past seven [...]

The Olympic Spirit

February 9, 2010

Ever since my parents took me to the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, I’ve been obsessed with everything Olympic.  I especially love everything that the Olympic movement stands for, things like: – Education  and development through sport – Respect and friendship among athletes – Peace between nations And I really, really, really love Apolo Ohno too… I  love [...]

Everything is negotiable!

February 1, 2010

I am beyond fascinated by an article I just read in the Washington Post called, “In tough economic times, shoppers take haggling to new heights.” Michael Rosenwald, a Washington Post writer, decided for a week that he would try to haggle down the price of everything he bought. In one week he saved $730! He haggled at [...]

"Why is more important than what or how"

January 28, 2010

Every month Morgan walks over to my desk and drops off a copy of Inc. Magazine. She started doing this initially because it had “young people” on the cover (even though Morgan is really only a few years older than me), but now I find myself reading it every month. This past month there was [...]

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