The Purpose of Our Site

We thrive on  speaking freely and philosophizing candidly on "serious" matters like what you expected out of life: workplace politics and career drama, hopes and dreams for a rewarding career (as if you ever had a chance). Leave your political correctness at the office and come here like this was "Fight Club"- a place where you can get bloody or  watch the beatings from the sidelines, whatever your taste. We will do our best to respect your opinion as long as it safely falls outside of the "knucklehead factor".  Stay tuned and I'm sure you'll learn what that means.


My friend Erik and I  started our careers toiling away like good little lemmings in a telemarketing outfit for a long distance telephone company- an industry then said to  be the most competitive business market in the U.S.  I wore a tie into that daycare-like cauldron of stupidity while Erik rarely wore his shoes and made many personal calls to find new gigs for  his band.  At first pass we probably looked like we held little in common but we definitely saw the world through the same lens. Between us, we've held dozens of  jobs, reinvented ourselves, have deep experience throughout the ranks and find a lot of humor in the banality of corporate culture. I guess we just expected a lot more from all the  effort,  pummeling and feigned obedience along the way.   

I once heard a great motivational speaker say "In order to be a great Salesman, you first need to  feel your prospects' PAIN...." The more parochial interpretation is that you have to empathize in order to get people to listen to you. Well, we all have plenty of pain and suffering; our hope is that we can unload some of that here through the exchange of stories, rants, wisdom and even madness.  Ours have only brought us this far,  so don't expect miracles...


Steve