I just read a great article at A List Apart called Managing Werewolves I just had to mention. I’m working the corporate job at a pretty decent company (top 100 best companies to work for, supposedly) and my one-year anniversary is 8 days away.
Something about myself: I jump from “drinking the kool-aid, enthusiastic team player” to “disillusioned, glum guy with a storm cloud over his head” too quickly. I admit it, it’s a failing, but something I’m working on. Anyway, the article is light and tongue-in-cheek, but it really has a point: office politics is real; it is a game; when played for what it is, one not only increases the chances of winning, but probably increases the chances of having fun. It’s a game, after all, isn’t it?