http://heike.vox.com/library/posts/tags/work/page/1/ A welcome distraction from life's responsibilities en Vox Tue, 06 May 2008 22:01:20 -0400 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss work http://heike.vox.com/library/post/a-smile-on-a-stressful-day.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/a-smile-on-a-stressful-day.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/a-smile-on-a-stressful-day.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 06 May 2008 22:01:20 -0400 My boss is off at a conference she (admittedly) should not have agreed to attend. This is leaving me and our associate running around to handle earnings - our busy season. Luckily, we only had two so far, but one is the biggest stock in our sec... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/a-smile-on-a-stressful-day.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00f48d144b900001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work http://heike.vox.com/library/post/this-cant-be-happenening-again.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/this-cant-be-happenening-again.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/this-cant-be-happenening-again.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:40:12 -0400 Got a phone call from the student we selected to be our summer intern. SHE'S BAILING ON US! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING - It's freakin' deja-vu -- this is exactly what happened last year... After an insane amount of work to hire everyone interns,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/this-cant-be-happenening-again.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00f48d1067a30001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work http://heike.vox.com/library/post/intense-me.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/intense-me.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/intense-me.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:38:46 -0400 I have lots to share today. Let's start here...... My current intern has been a nightmare - I have ZERO luck on this (more to come) - lately, she's been completely useless and "checked out" so I stopped giving her any *real* work. Today was her ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/intense-me.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00f48d1067950001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work http://heike.vox.com/library/post/no-end-in-sight.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/no-end-in-sight.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/no-end-in-sight.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:34:32 -0400 So the conference was last week... I had planned to do a little blog-recap, but I'm just too tired from the event and frustrated by it to do a blow-by-blow. The short version is this: to guests, the event was a raving success and went off withou... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/no-end-in-sight.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00f48cee8c3b0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work http://heike.vox.com/library/post/women-making-more-than-men.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/women-making-more-than-men.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/women-making-more-than-men.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:10:45 -0400 Interesting article on AOL/CareerBuilder discussing fields where women outearn men - YEAH!. I was expecting the 10 fields they highlighted to be things that are female-dominant (like nursing or teaching) and with a neglible percentage chang... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/women-making-more-than-men.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00e398ef1d6a0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work http://heike.vox.com/library/post/still-alive-still-busy.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/still-alive-still-busy.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/still-alive-still-busy.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:05:06 -0400 HELLO PEOPLE!!! Yes, I'm alive... hard to tell by my blog though.... life is busy, what can I say? My conference was on Monday/Tuesday this week. It was stressful, to say the least. I think I did prety well - speaking in front of 200-250 peopl... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/still-alive-still-busy.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00f48d0c39f90001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work http://heike.vox.com/library/post/inappropriate-boss-strikes-again.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/inappropriate-boss-strikes-again.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/inappropriate-boss-strikes-again.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:43:05 -0400 Men... trust me, you just want to ignore this post. So, I get this daily email of funny web-videos. I don't watch them religously, but occasionally they are pretty comical. It is mostly SNL clips and old commercials. As I am watching today's (... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/inappropriate-boss-strikes-again.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00f48d07a71d0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work http://heike.vox.com/library/post/analyzing-media-hype.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/analyzing-media-hype.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/analyzing-media-hype.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:48:16 -0400 I see articles like this published weekly across the country. I don't quite understand why this is a popular topic, but the media tends to hype it up anytime they come across one of these studies. I follow the very companies that are responsibl... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/analyzing-media-hype.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00f48ce2ce1b0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work water http://heike.vox.com/library/post/whats-my-job-again.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/whats-my-job-again.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/whats-my-job-again.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:33:32 -0500 I've been so busy with non-research job responsibilities for the last two weeks.... it's really starting to get on my nerves. We are hosting a swanky dinner in DC at a conference and I was in charge of picking the restaurant and the menu, managin... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/whats-my-job-again.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00e398dc9bee0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work heike http://heike.vox.com/library/post/my-ears-are-going-to-be-ringing-today.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Heike) http://heike.vox.com/library/post/my-ears-are-going-to-be-ringing-today.html?_c=feed-rss http://heike.vox.com/library/post/my-ears-are-going-to-be-ringing-today.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:09:26 -0500 My boss and I got asked to be on a panel for a bunch of regulators (talking about water). We were also asked if we could suggest another analyst to speak on the topic of electric and/or gas utilities. With that having been my previous coverage ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://heike.vox.com/library/post/my-ears-are-going-to-be-ringing-today.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225279d8e604a00e398d95a700003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work