Tiffany asked the following question in the comments to my earlier post about Michael Schwern’s Geek2Geek Communications talk:
My lateral question, should anyone have spare time, is which interface jobs exist between geekdom and the rest of the world? (Or more specifically computer geekdom, as a concentrated nexus of paying geekdom). Which ones are open to [...]

We’ve talked about how to quit before, but let’s look a bit closer at reasons for quitting, and what to say about them.
Presumably if you’ve handed in your notice, you’ve got a reason for it. Sometimes your reason is innocuous and inoffensive:

Got offered something much higher paying.

Relocating for personal reasons.

Pursuing further studies.

And sometimes your [...]

I think just about everyone’s got a story about the worst thing they’ve seen someone do while looking for work. Whether it’s showing up to the interview drunk or publicly badmouthing the company you’re trying to work for, there are all kinds of pitfalls to be avoided. Sometimes it’s just as simple as [...]

I found an interesting post from Grayden over on LiveJournal, and he’s kindly allowed me to repost it here as a guest post:

Many geeks fall into the camp of “if I worked in a job where The Man made me wear a suit, I’d go postal” or some other such vague anti-authority threat. I guess [...]

My company holds a twice-yearly conference for all staff, bringing in people from our various interstate and overseas conferences. During conference week, there’s usually at least one “team” social event — usually informal — plus a more formal full-company dinner on the Friday night.
The social events are optional, and some of the people I [...]

An anonymous correspondent writes:

I may need to resign my current position soon; I’m employed as a web developer by a rather shall we say parsimonious firm and have good prospects for an offer at better pay from a different firm. As I am planning my exit, I’m realizing I’ve never needed to write a resignation [...]