Earlier tonight, I recalled a job offer that I turned down and decided to write about it. Back in 1998, I felt I was being underpaid for what I was doing at The Monster Board / TMP Worldwide (soon to become Monster.com) and had started looking for other job opportunities. A former Monster Board co-worker, […]
Read More I was almost part of the “Wild Wild Web”
A while back, Huffington Post published an interesting article on Monster.com, my former employer. While I agree with most of the article, I think it’s only partly right. “It wasn’t a technology failure; it was a leadership failure.” Actually, it was both. The leadership failure caused the technology failure. Sal and other Monster leadership focused […]
Read More Monster’s problem was putting sales before techI work at this place in case you’re curious. What the article doesn’t mention is how the place is all old wood inside those brick walls. …wood that was soaked in oil, grease, and other nasty stuff when there was a lot of machinery here. One spark and we’re all DOOMED!
Read More Maynard, rhinestone of the Assabet RiverYes, it’s true. Although I did not make the decision to do this, I am the sole person responsible for coding it. Ugh. Emphasis is mine. Comic Sans is theirs. Dear Monster Associates: With 15.5M monthly Unique Visitors and more than 10% reach of the entire Internet, Monster is widely recognized as the leader in […]
Read More I feel like I need another shower after working on this…