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Hey. What’s up. Yeah, so, I took last year off from blogging here. But there are a lot of things to share about what we’re doing in Human Resources for employees, so I’m back. This is also a good time … Read more

Hey. What’s up. Yeah, so, I took last year off from blogging here. But there are a lot of things to share about what we’re doing in Human Resources for employees, so I’m back. This is also a good time … Read more
I mentioned in my last post that I moved to Austin. I have had a few questions about it. I figured that I could use that story to explain another example of Intel’s flexibility. I’ve talked about flexibility in the … Read more
Have you ever been white water rafting? Here in Folsom, California, we’re very near the American River. Yes, that’s right – the California gold rush, Sutter’s Mill, and all that. We’re just about 25 miles away from Coloma, in the … Read more
You know what? I am sometimes surprised how complacent we humans can become. And how quickly we become used to things. How fast we take stuff for granted. How readily we forget how good we have it. Hedonic adaptation (thank … Read more
To give you an idea of what it’s like to work at Intel, here is a blow-by-blow account of my first seven minutes in the office today.
Okay, this is potentially weird but I have to share it with you. We have a pretty large café at our Folsom site. Lots of tables and chairs and whatnot. At the very back are these two, super-deluxe massaging chairs. … Read more
Sometimes you just need a friend. I talked to an Intel co-worker today who had a sort of unusual accident. She tripped in a parking lot and cut her knee. Badly. Like, eight stitches badly. It was just one of … Read more
Sometimes the little things add up to be something not so little. I’m speaking about… free fruit. Yes – healthy snackage is provided for employees at most of our locations. I don’t know, but maybe this is a little-yet-big thing … Read more
One of my favorite sayings is, “The best time to plant a tree is 25 years ago. The second best time is today.” It’s a good reminder to seize the day, you know? Like, don’t delay doing the right thing … Read more
As some of you know, I’ve recently been spending quite a lot of time with doctors and books and cancer-related web pages. And I’ve been working from a lot of different places; in fact, today I’m writing you from my … Read more