Glennlist

Saturday mornings in the 70’s I’d watch the Superfriends. As soon as American Bandstand came on, I sprang outside and fled away on my Huffy bike. Back then the air was crisp, sky was blue, streets were safe, rock music was played and you didn’t have to wear bike helmets. Life was good.
Then a recession [...]

Let me explain something here to the guys. When you get married, Game Over.
I was playing a video game. It was 2 AM. I was using my Plantronics headset with mic shouting at my team of online gamers (mostly college kids) when all of a sudden my wife pulls the electrical plug.
We were on the [...]

This is my story. What I’m about to tell you are graphic details of my early days as an IT recruiter. If you can’t stomach this, then stop and read John Sumser’s Recruiting 101 (actually, he blogs relevant stuff).
I was part of corporate experimental recruiting program in the late 90’s.
My job? Infiltrate a ring of [...]

I was on the sofa picking my nose and watching MTV, when my Dad shouts, “Get a job!” I reminded Pops that I needed a car to get to a job. He reminded me (again) of my dusty moped. Again, I pleaded how hard it was to maintain a studly image riding a Moped.
“Get a [...]

Three things in life are certain. Death, Taxes and you will be in a Database. As soon as the Doc slaps your fanny and your mom cries your name – Boom in you’re in a Database.
Get a loan, a credit card, buy a house or a car – Boom in you’re in Database.
About the only [...]

Dear Mr. Glenn.
Thank you for taking time to interview with the Secret Service.
Although you have some good experience, you are not a fit for this role. By that, we don’t think you have the required “breadth” or the “size” of work to fully “cover” some of the assignments.
That’s not to say that we do not [...]

My Phone interview with a developer – I’ve substituted Java Developer with Beaver.
- So I see on your resume you have been a Beaver for 10 years
- Yeah, I right out of college. I got my first job and it went from there.
- Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?
- Probably Architecture and [...]

Willy is Redneck to the core. He dips Skoal, hunts, drives a tractor and is missing a finger. But he has a great personality and extreme likeability factor too.
When he is not outdoors killing defenseless animals he is updating his Facebook account. We are like his livestock and he is constantly feeding us daily tidbits [...]