en-us http://www.keithwatanabe.net/index.php Keith Watanabe's Website http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/7/17/8021fd3619587fa338cc1cb9d941bd07.html Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:20:12 -0600 http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/7/17/8021fd3619587fa338cc1cb9d941bd07.html http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/7/19/d6b6d754335b06502c5e768261b6d771.html Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:52:31 -0600 http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/7/19/d6b6d754335b06502c5e768261b6d771.html http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/7/30/f6bbd810a918644860f3ccf5e4dbe099.html
Another interesting thing about my boss is that he's never seen Office Space nor read any Dilbert cartoon. I think it must be quite common for the worst bosses in the world to never have heard of these things. I keep thinking of Dorian Grey where if they suddenly witnessed a portrait of themselves, they'd up vanishing from realizing their own hideousness. Either that, or perhaps that they never hear of these things is part of self-denial.]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:46:29 -0600 http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/7/30/f6bbd810a918644860f3ccf5e4dbe099.html http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/8/9/1a4d65af349cc283f7919b8129af6446.html
- The new person must be allowed to pair up with someone who will eventually become their senior for about a month. All activities must be logged on a daily basis.
- Pirates of Silicon Valley must be watched for entreprenuers entering the IT field. A paper disclosing the themes must be written at around 10 pages.
- Everyone must watch Office Space and write a 10 page paper on the themes of the movie.
- Everyone must watch Swimming with Sharks and write a 10 page paper on the themes of the movie.
- Dilbert must be read on a daily basis. A short, one paragraph blog must be written. Any coincidental occurrences that happen between the cartoon and the activities of that day must be explored in a full page paper, relating the cartoon in depth to the occurrence.
- Scott Adam's book "The Way of the Weasel" must be read and some acts inside must be practiced with and against the person's senior they are paired with.
- The new graduate must explore the internet to discover all related articles on the prospective employer. Websites like jobvent.com and fuckedcompany.com can and must be utilized. Pertinent sites must be cited and defined as being accurate or fictionalized.
- The final pieces of output for the course involves a paper comparing the movies, comic, and books identified above and describing one's own personal experience.
- Lastly, the candidate must answer in a 10 page paper this question:

What do you really want?]]> Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:16:46 -0600 http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/8/9/1a4d65af349cc283f7919b8129af6446.html http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/8/15/3118202e74c8db1a3aa21337c3d85e87.html
I can hardly imagine a world without meetings. Probably we'd solve globlal warming, hunger, poverty, resource issues, etc.]]> Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:57:26 -0600 http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/8/15/3118202e74c8db1a3aa21337c3d85e87.html http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/10/9/8a1e0ec41a34425be19941b83ffc7015.html
The Wally Syndrome for me essentially is when a person loses all motivation for existence at work and gets excited only on three days: 1) Fridays at 5 pm; 2) holidays; and 3) pay days. Bonuses are so rare that I really don't want to include them, either that or subclass them as a form of an extended pay day. My coworker once had told me that he only showed up to work to pick up his paycheck. That was such an insidious notion that it stuck with me ever since.

I think that these things might even be taken into excess where people might not even look forward to paydays and holidays. In the case of paydays, it's because the numbers never increase. In the case of holidays, it's because they're forced to spend more time with their families.

However, when you start to encounter the Wally Syndrome, it's best to make arrangements for a new job. Or at least a long term vacation. You never want to be in a rut where a robot has more emotional content for doing its routine compared with yourself.]]> Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:46:26 -0600 http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/10/9/8a1e0ec41a34425be19941b83ffc7015.html http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/10/14/3954a1e27eeab5a81ef94c63bee2c416.html Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:57:06 -0600 http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/10/14/3954a1e27eeab5a81ef94c63bee2c416.html