Nick's Blog

This guy has got it figured out!

So I’m hard at work the other day and I look under my desk to find this creature:

No help at all.  He must be resting up for his trip to Club K-9 this weekend.
Golf this morning, then dropping him off, then work, then heading to the airport for another quick trip to Seattle.
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Mission accomplished.

During last weekend’s Las Vegas trip, I had the opportunity to visit the Zappos headquarters in nearby Henderson.  It was good timing, as I’d just finished reading this article in Inc. magazine about their CEO Tony Hsieh, their history, and their company culture.

Since Zappos is the largest online shoe-seller, it follows that they are [...]

The Mongolian Grill job the summer after high school was definitely the best job ever.  I got to work with two good friends, eat mountains of great free food, and practice my Spanish all day long with the cooks. I looked forward to going to work every day.
The owner, Sam Han, was something of an [...]

Does this make you feel old?  There’s an entire generation of Internet users that won’t be able to even remember a time before tabbed browsing.  The era of multiple browser windows really wasn’t that long ago (maybe 2004-2005?), but it might have well have been the dark ages.  And the thing is, we didn’t even [...]

Maybe I should call this the best unpaid job ever.  I volunteered at the Pacific Science Center, mostly during middle school, but a little bit during high school.
Every other weekend I would don my blue shirt and name badge with pride, and help educate Seattle’s youth in the ways of science.  I worked the tide [...]

I’m a fan of business books and business quotes… and quotes in general, I guess.  Here are some of my favorite quotes on management, leadership, and the difference between the two.
What do managers do?
“Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.” –John D. Rockefeller
“Whenever there is a hard [...]

March 1st, 2007 was the “effective date” of my transfer to sunny California.  The time really has flown by!
After moving from Seattle to Virginia to Atlanta to here over the course of just 20 months, it’s kind of nice to be somewhat “settled.”  And thanks to the real estate market, we’re not going anywhere for [...]

I hold the belief that with the right attitude, every job has the potential to be the best job ever.  With that spirit, let me explain why my first real job was the best job ever.
I worked part-time during high school at the Bellevue Library.  The hours were flexible, you could arrange trades among your [...]