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 tech
Let me tell you a story… At the start of 2002, DoubleClick purchased NetGravity. It was a company that had an enterprise ad server, so it seemed like a natural fit. The product was renamed to “DART Enterprise” and was a product people could buy and install on their own servers. It was really a […]
Read More Important lesson for coders: Don’t use open redirects!I 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…jnik moved in on Sunday and we’ve been unpacking, setting stuff up, or fixing things since then. I’ve also been trying to finish the new and improved Anime Boston online pre-registration system in between…which hasn’t left a whole lot of time for other things. I’ve got a whole backlog of e-mail I really need to […]
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This list strikes me as 95% stupidity.
Read More I work for these people?!
SPOILER FREE! I saw a special screening of The Matrix: Reloaded this morning. (With free food! Woo!) It was a very good movie and I enjoyed it a lot. Just make sure you sit through the credits to see the trailer for the final chapter in November. BIG POINTLESS SPOILERS: (highlight to have the film’s […]
Read More Reload THIS!
For fire safety, Monster has several people on each floor assigned to be “fire marshals” and ensure that people get out if there’s a fire. Mark is ours…so we’ve been giving him a hard time about it. Peter edited a parking lot photo and sent it out…and then I added the fire. You can see […]
Read More Fire Marshal MarkToday marks the 365th day since I came back to Monster…and I’m still employed! Woo hoo! My one year anniversary is tomorrow. (No, I don’t get anything from them.) It’s been 6 years, one month, and two days since I originally started at The Monster Board. That should count for something, right? I need more […]
Read More A year!