by John Macdonald | May 3, 2024 | The250
No, we don’t think it is. We can probably say we know that it isn’t. But it’s OK — actually scientifically appropriate — to occasionally look out the window and say, “Are we sure the earth... by John Macdonald | May 2, 2024 | The250
Willingness is a measure of risk tolerance. Are you willing to risk money?Are you willing to risk love?Are you willing to risk your reputation?Are you willing to risk comfort?Are you willing to risk friends?Are you willing to risk your future? Most of the time we... by John Macdonald | May 1, 2024 | The250
This place has a high cost of living. That place has a low cost of living. Will you get a cost of living raise? We talk about the cost of living in terms of financials: rent and real estate, milk and eggs, taxes and healthcare,... by John Macdonald | Apr 30, 2024 | The250
Most of us in the western world spend most of our time dancing around the top of Maslow’s Pyramid. Let’s face it: a blog like this never exists unless I have the privilege of spending a good chunk of my time bouncing between... by John Macdonald | Apr 29, 2024 | The250
Ask an engineer from the tech industry (software or hardware) what the best moment in their career was, and likely the story will sound like this: We got the prototypes back from the manufacturer the day after Christmas around lunchtime. We had to ship it on the...