Three years ago, I _needed_ to be a contractor; three years later, the distinction between W2 contractor and fulltime employee has begun to blur. Continue reading

I had an interview last week. At first, I thought it went poorly. In retrospect, however, I’ve begun to believe it was actually quite successful. Continue reading

I’m a member of a career-discussion mailing list (The WednesdayJobGroup). I enjoy the list; as a member recently commented to the moderator (who posted to the group): … this list is a very Socratic community which is better than being a leads and job posting list in my opinion. Someone asks a questions and the issue… Continue reading

A company I used to work for is restructuring. When I started working for them (in late 1997) they’d been in business for several years doing genetic sequencing – human, plant, animal. They had a huge lab full of sequencing machines that ran 24×7. They created sequence databases and sold them (for what seemed to… Continue reading