A Dirty Job

Pixar founder, entrepreneur, and inventor, Steve Jobs, in his commencement address to graduates at Stanford University, describes his journey through life and the challenges that shaped his future. Jobs’ purpose is to emphasize that you should find what you love to do, and listen to your own opinions. He uses an encouraging and optimistic tone in order create a feeling of confidence and positivity in the college graduates that he is addressing. Jobs begins his commencement address by…

Snapchat (SNAP) messaging app is making headlines, as it gets closer to its scheduled IPO in March, valued between 20 and 25 billion dollars. Creators Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy will make up the Board of Directors with 70% control of voting power, despite only owning 45% of the stock. Super-voting is nothing new, usually it is diluted over time as new shares are issued but, SNAP would not change its voting structure, giving common stock owners no voting rights and no voting power with shares…

Each day I participate in the intake/assessment process, job searching, observing staff and clients and job development. The intake/assessment is the Initial meeting with the client during which I gather information to address the client’s immediate needs to encourage his/her engagement and retention in Employment Services. The intake process is also used to screen clients to determine if they need additional services such as, transportation, clothing allowance, life skills classes or simply to…

Underwater welding was all just an idea from a college student that just graduated from Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University. A few years later he graduated he started working at the college. After a while he had gotten tired of the same old stuff and had decided to apply his skills to a new task. He thought that his new task would be most efficient being used and helping military vessels get repaired quicker in World War II. after 1932 he had successfully completed his first…

I remember that day as clearly as the sky. I had recently bought a new iPhone 6s, a sleek, metallic phone that glistened under the sun; the new iPhone was the next big thing, and I could hardly wait to bask in the envy of my friends. However, as I brandished the iPhone, it came out in the shape of a banana, its sleek silver design dented under the sheer weight of my butt. Instantly, I became the fool of the group as everyone laughed at the pathetic shape of the iPhone, pointing and jeering at my…

Have you ever worked on a group project before? If so, you know how important it is to have a strong team. Joshua Davis, author of La Vida Robot, and Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs, certainly think so. They both believe that in order to have a strong team, one must use their unique skills to contribute to their team’s success. In La Vida Robot, Davis describes a high school robotics team who use their combined talents to create a robot. This group consisted of four members: Lorenzo…

Henry Bessemer was the son of Anthony Bessemer, an inventor who created a new way to craft gold chains.(lemelson.mit.edu) The discovery of this method allowed the Bessemer family to move to England,(lemelson.mit.edu) where Henry was born. Young Henry was a protégé of his father. At the age of 17, Henry revolutionized the way that stamps were dated, leading to vast financial savings for the postal service.(lemelson.mit.edu) This successful endeavor inspired Henry to live a life of invention and…

want to be able to train their employees on not only their job specific task, but also the goals and culture of the organization they are joining, this process is called onboarding. This term is defined in an online article titled, “Starting Them Off On the Right Foot: Why Onboarding is Important” as, “A more comprehensive process by why new employees are socialized into a company’s culture, in addition to being oriented to their specific job tasks and associated work expectations.” (Krauss,…

Susan Kare was born in Ithaca, New York in February 5, 1954. She is an artist and graphic designer who created many of the interface elements for the Apple Macintosh in the 1980s. Originally Susan was an employee for NeXT (the company formed by Steve Jobs after she left apple in 1985), she worked as the Creative Director. Education: Susan Kare graduated from Harriton High School in 1971, received her B.A., summa cum laude, in Art from Mount Holyoke College in 1975 and her Ph.D. from New York…

I am the newly appointed principal at Atlantic Coastal Elementary School. The collegial leadership team and I are tasked with filling a teacher vacancy position. We have screened, interviewed, and selected five teacher candidates. The two vice principals have recommended Mr. Stewart to fill the teaching vacancy. I have disagreed and recommended Ms. Simpson. My two assistant principals are key components of the collegial team; however they are only two members out of a group of five to nine…