On words

On words
I had read the term many times on the Internet from people who’s been vocal on certain topics which for different reasons turn out to be controversial. Gaslighting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting I encountered this term for the first time when I was being vocal about an IT conference in Norway which I thoughts had a highly inappropriate name (post in 🇳🇴 Den Norske Dataforening sitt manglende gangsyn) . During this action in trying to get them to change, I was exposed to this behavior for the first time.
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On being open to grow

On being open to grow
Disclaimer: All my “On..” posts are things I write from beginning to end without any editing or thinking about structure (so it’s like all other posts?). They are just dumps of thoughts I’ve had which I deem that maybe they’re useful for something or someone, so I’ll just dump it here where nobody actually sees them. A friend of mine told me his friends reaction when he said he was starting to learn how to play the flute.
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Hvordan forberede deg til neste tur?

Hvordan forberede deg til neste tur?
Jeg har tidligere skrevet om hvordan du kan se på karrieren din i “Pakk sekken med ting du trenger for turen”. Denne gangen skriver jeg om noe litt annet, nemlig hva du kan gjøre for å komme igang med å planlegge din neste tur i karrieren din. Det er mange ting jeg kan og enda flere jeg ikke kan, men er det noe jeg har dokumentert kompetanse på så er det å flytte meg i arbeidsmarkedet (bare sjekk profilen min om du ikke tror meg).
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Three ways to successfully prevent your young company from succeeding 💪🏼🎉

Three ways to successfully prevent your young company from succeeding 💪🏼🎉
I have been so fortunate as to be part of several young companies and starting new teams in existing organizations. This post is is a summary of my subjective observations, you should treat it as such. 1️⃣ Introduce departments too early # All young companies wants to grow up and become proper organizations. In order to get a head start, many young companies start splitting up their organizaiton into departments way too early in an attempt to look good for stakeholders and potential hires.
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“Du får ikke venner på jobb”

A picture of two people hugging at what looks like a disco. It is dark and lit with strobe lights.
Jeg hadde en sjef som sa dette en gang som et velment råd. Den gangen reagerte jeg og tenkte: det var da et jævlig dårlig råd og en pussig ting å si. Grunnen til at jeg syntes det var pussig, var fordi jeg hadde vært så heldig å blitt kjent med folk i jobbsammenheng som jeg vil kalle mine venner. Antagelig sa det utsagnet med om stedet vi jobbet og om personen som sa det.
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