As part of my regular commute, I used to drive past the Nvidia HQ building while it was still under construction. No one flying in or out of San Jose airport could miss Apple’s giant donut, completed around the same time. Facebook bought the (already large) Sun Microsystems campus ten years ago, and added the… Continue reading Remote work: The real estate factor
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Remote work (or lack of it) is a diversity issue
As the primary caregivers of their children, homes, and often their aging parents as well, women benefit greatly from the flexibility that remote work can offer – simply not having to commute every day can be a major timesaver. “Hybrid” working models, where employees are expected to be in an office one to three days… Continue reading Remote work (or lack of it) is a diversity issue
Remote work, in good times and in bad
I began working from home in 1993, from Italy, for a California company. Other remote experiences have included working in San Jose for Ericsson (HQ in Sweden), and working for AWS (HQ in Seattle) from my home in San Jose, and now from Australia. In some ways, I wish I had spent more of my… Continue reading Remote work, in good times and in bad
It’s Here! Brendan’s Latest Book
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Toxic Things I Once Believed
Once upon a time, I believed that: I had to adhere to a commonly-accepted standard of beauty for women, in order to be found attractive at all. (And “Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.”) It was normal and natural for a woman to be considered less and less attractive as she got… Continue reading Toxic Things I Once Believed