The secret to getting past PAs and secretaries is to talk like someone they pass through to the boss.

Using language that expects success works.

"Please can I speak to..." ❌
"I'm calling for..." ✅
"[name of contact, impatient tone]" powerful but rude

Turning a big dial labelled "traumatised child soldiers" up and down, turning to the K.A. Applegate stans for approval

Yes internally we end up having build and run phases despite claiming agile, it's a funding thing

Encourage. I would say that apart from the key policy documents and team docs required by those policies, docs tend to have a lifecycle where they are maintained reasonably well until the main funding for project build ends, at which point they stagnate rapidly

Something about having a kid apparently triggers the desire to go stand by a river trying to outsmart a fish that just wants to eat

...that they can give back, that's a very important part of it.

If I spend too long in unnecessarily flat country I start to feel uneasy- the heavens are too large for me, I need edges on my sky

@etomo.bsky.social

Thanks bud

Giving the overall vibe of an imploded jeepney

Likeamanjaro

I play at home with a little 1W amp and two cute little 1x8 cabs, which is very sensible! However there is not a lot of headroom for clean tones, and it's more "box of wasps" than "chug"