When I left my last salary-with-benefits position in 1999, I didn’t know that I was joining forever what one day would be called the “gig economy.” I thought of myself as a freelance, a Mad Max-style survivor of the Tech Bubble implosion, swimming clear-eyed against a tide of delusional “company loyalty” types. It was pretty romantic. Now the tide is with me. I’m one of the […]
There’s no way for this not to sound like kissing ass, so I’ll just put it out there. I have great clients. It’s a two-way street, I’ll grant, a quid pro quo, but we do well to reflect every now and then on what’s good about our lives and to give proper credit. And sure, maybe like attracts like. Other […]
What’s the thing that causes the tide to pull way, way back right before it blasts you all to hell? A hurricane? A tsunami? I’m picturing Maximilian Schell serenely embracing his daughter during the final moments of “Deep Impact” just as the water rushes out and a not-quite-extinction-level event comes rushing in. So please forgive […]
