– Add something to the purple purse for the next guy/gal
– When you include all the remote offices, sister companies, subsidiaries, etc., we're more like 110 people… but what you'll discover is about a third of them are either related to or were brought in by RJ Owen from his vast familial and social sphere, so beware of what you say about him in public, no matter how obnoxious he may be.
– Make friends with Jim Cheng… he'll save your ass one day. If you think of our development team as a police force solving day-to-day challenges, Jim is the SWAT team. You don't necessarily want him patrolling your streets, but when the shit hits the fan you'll thank God when he rolls on scene. The guy thinks in bytecode and dreams in binary.

and some more serious ones:
– People working in EffectiveUI have an awesome level of control over their work life and their future (some realize this better than others). Whereas in many other companies job function and ambitions are held back by politics, egos, and turf-guarding, in EffectiveUI everyone's grateful for someone who's willing to step up and take charge of something he or she is passionate about, even if someone else was already working on it. And the managers don't like 9-5 timecard punchers who just do their job enough to stay under the radar, but rather love people who identify opportunities for personal, professional, and company growth and pursue them. People have a lot of control over what they do here so long as they're driven and can build a case for the opportunity. Your position in particular gives you a lot of freedom to define where you're heading.

– The no egos, no politics thing isn't bullshit. There is a bit, here and there, but generally people relate to each other in terms of the strength of their contributions, experience, and intellect, rather than based on hierarchy, cliques, or who plays golf with the boss. Nobody's work, not even and especially not the managers', is immune from scrutiny and constructive feedback. So never be deterred from meeting people, whoever they are, head-to-head and respectfully over ideas and issues, because even if the feedback is negative or there isn't agreement amongst you, everyone respects and invited the contribution of thought and engagement.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you can do.

-jonathan

Really?! No one mentioned that! I'll have to add something sweet!

bwa ha ha ha ha. Good to know…. I'll keep my trash talk to myself. :D

Done! He's sitting right next to me, I'll bring him some cookies! HA HA HA.

Excellent to know on the serious side. All huge benefits in my mind having been places where more or less the opposite was the case, ack!

Me too! :D

yeah i've no idea where that "Arch competitor" stuff came from, I never understood it. Totally different clientele. What made you leave Spire? I did some consulting back in the day, great folks!

Fire off a resume to blog@effectiveui.com, I can pass it on.

Zac

Really?! No one mentioned that! I’ll have to add something sweet!

bwa ha ha ha ha. Good to know…. I’ll keep my trash talk to myself. :D

Done! He’s sitting right next to me, I’ll bring him some cookies! HA HA HA.

Excellent to know on the serious side. All huge benefits in my mind having been places where more or less the opposite was the case, ack!

Me too! :D

– Add something to the purple purse for the next guy/gal
– When you include all the remote offices, sister companies, subsidiaries, etc., we’re more like 110 people… but what you’ll discover is about a third of them are either related to or were brought in by RJ Owen from his vast familial and social sphere, so beware of what you say about him in public, no matter how obnoxious he may be.
– Make friends with Jim Cheng… he’ll save your ass one day. If you think of our development team as a police force solving day-to-day challenges, Jim is the SWAT team. You don’t necessarily want him patrolling your streets, but when the shit hits the fan you’ll thank God when he rolls on scene. The guy thinks in bytecode and dreams in binary.

and some more serious ones:
– People working in EffectiveUI have an awesome level of control over their work life and their future (some realize this better than others). Whereas in many other companies job function and ambitions are held back by politics, egos, and turf-guarding, in EffectiveUI everyone’s grateful for someone who’s willing to step up and take charge of something he or she is passionate about, even if someone else was already working on it. And the managers don’t like 9-5 timecard punchers who just do their job enough to stay under the radar, but rather love people who identify opportunities for personal, professional, and company growth and pursue them. People have a lot of control over what they do here so long as they’re driven and can build a case for the opportunity. Your position in particular gives you a lot of freedom to define where you’re heading.

– The no egos, no politics thing isn’t bullshit. There is a bit, here and there, but generally people relate to each other in terms of the strength of their contributions, experience, and intellect, rather than based on hierarchy, cliques, or who plays golf with the boss. Nobody’s work, not even and especially not the managers’, is immune from scrutiny and constructive feedback. So never be deterred from meeting people, whoever they are, head-to-head and respectfully over ideas and issues, because even if the feedback is negative or there isn’t agreement amongst you, everyone respects and invited the contribution of thought and engagement.

I’m looking forward to seeing what you can do.

-jonathan