[jacobian.org] professionalism, honesty, and misalignment while hiring
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Here’s what I published on my blog recently:
📝 What is “professionalism” and why am I writing about it?
I’m starting a new series on professionalism: the set of workplace behaviors that are generally expected at work. These behaviors are largely unspoken, but they do exist: there are consequences for violating them. In this series, I aim to write down some of these rules and explore their implications. Eventually, I hope to have a solid list of what “professional behavior” really means. Read more…
📝 Honesty is a professional behavior
My first entry on professionalism. Why is honesty important as a professional behavior? And when is it acceptable to be dishonest at work? Dishonesty at work is wrong except when it isn’t. Read more…
📝 Dealing With Misalignment While Hiring
Answering a question from a reader: how do you deal with misalignment – arguments about skills, pay, etc. – when hiring? Read more…
Elsewhere…
🔗 Jade Rubick - What do great engineering managers need to know about compensation and equity? — Really fantastic crash course in pay systems.