I stubled into the corporate world over a decade ago, and have moved my way up it in a handful of different roles and companies. I have 3 takeaways: The corporate world is nonsense, it is universal, and it is fairly easy to game. Follow my blog for stories, tips, and a few laughs along the way.
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The Heat Map Problem
Have you seen the above heat map before? It was popularized on X.com, and is often used as a meme when conservatives and liberals are at odds with irreconcilable differences in priorities. The moral circle rings of the heat map represent the range of all things from (1) all of your immediate family in the Read more
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Casting Doubt on Institutions (and on Alcoholism)
October 7, 2024 For years, many of which I spent in the alcohol industry, I was a consuming 7-10 drinks a day, every day. It wasn’t for the buzz that I used to chase when I was younger, it was just routine. And indeed, I was concerned that if I ever broke the routine, I Read more
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Words, Meaning, and Tim Walz
October 05, 2024 I watched the vice-presidential debate last week between JD Vance and Tim Walz. As has been noted by other people, it felt in some ways like a throwback to a more reasonable time when debates were civil, and issues based. I certainly had no problem with that. I took note of the Read more
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Breaking the Binary
December 29, 2022 The world feels more divided than ever, with the stakes higher than I’ve experienced in my life. Society is broken into teams where the rules are arbitrary, so hypocrisy is inevitable. A little background on myself: I grew up in Denver, Colorado, very religious, so naturally I was a conservative. I thought Read more
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The Company, the Customer and You Part 2
AKA Be the data you want to be and already are Have you heard the saying “data is the new oil”? I love this saying. It’s niche, but easy to understand. Much like crude oil, data is found in abundance. Finding large amounts of it can make you rich, but not because of anything you Read more
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The Company, the Customer, and You Part 1
Let’s take down another terrible saying. You’ve certainly heard “the customer is always right”. In Japan, the saying is more like “the customer is god”. Most of us instinctively know this isn’t necessarily true, and is more like a header of a PowerPoint presentation for a corporate sales training. I want to go through two Read more
Jarom Reid 