Hacking the Workplace: How to Make the Most with the Least

Presented at Notacon 8 (2011), April 16, 2011, 2 p.m. (60 minutes).

Until someone figures how to hack their way to Free Living (and no,

squatting at the parents does not count), we've all got bills to pay.

And to pay bills, you need money. And to get money, you need a job.

And a job means work... or does it? I've spent most of my educational

and working career working hard to avoid work. Yet I've never been

fired (well... except that one time), and I've managed to build a

whole lot more bridges than I've burned. Not only that, I've made more

money at each job than the last... and I've even been given raises.

What's my secret? Just the right of planning, persistence,

psychology... and perhaps a dash of psychopathy. In this talk, you'll

learn how to: look like you're a hard working, ambitious, model

employee; work like a lazy, under-zealous sloth; create and deliver

believable excuses; sneak hobby and playtime; fill all those long

hours; befriend the boss's boss; master performance reviews; and jump

ship before getting thrown overboard. Why climb the corporate ladder

when you can just take the elevator?


Presenters:

  • Alex Papadimoulis
    Alex Papadimoulis is the founder and editor of The Daily WTF, a leading how-not to guide for developing software. Residing in Berea, Ohio, he is a software engineer at Inedo and uses his 10+ years of IT experience to help software development organizations utilize best practices in their products through BuildMaster, a next-generation ALM suite.

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