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goobster  ·  3216 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I finally (almost?) got a job!

Congratulations! How exciting!

As a veteran of 30 years in offices around the world, please go into your job with the motto "Big ears, Small mouth."

Mostly listen. Talk little. You don't actually know what you think you know, and avoid the inclination to insinuate yourself into every single conversation around you. Speak when spoken to, or asked for your input.

I don't think the newbie sitting next to me will survive today. I may kill him. It is his first job, and he has immediately assumed that his thoughts/opinions/input are incredibly valuable to every single person and conversation in the entire room!

He may have to die.

For the good of humankind.

I'll report back later.