It's that time of year at Microsoft when managers are busily preparing reviews of their reports and preparing for the big stack ranking . Yesterday, my manager sent out an email asking his reports to email him with their accomplishments in the past year to help jog his memory. This arms him with important information when he goes to the matt for us arguing why we're more deserving of a higher ranking than some other manager's sad report. Here was my response. In the past year, I. Escaped from a black hole. Twice. I forgot my jacket in there and had to go get it. Discovered an albino polar bear. Proved Fermat's Last Theorem as well as his penultimate theorem. Found Waldo. And made him change out of that ridiculous shirt and hat. Discovered he...(read more) ...
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