It’s that time of year again—when the tech media looks into their crystal ball to predict what will matter to IT pros in the coming year. Rather than rely on supernatural guidance, we decided to go right to the source—we asked the Spiceworks community “What are your Professional goals for 2015?” Aside from the occasional […]
Here’s How to Lock in That Bonus and Raise for 2015 It’s the end of the year and there’s one thing that ought to be on your mind—your compensation. Specifically: “How can I make sure to get my bonus and a raise for next year?” Even though you may have earned a raise and bonus, […]
A few weeks ago I tried out some new To-Do list apps to see if any of them worked better than my old standby ToodleDo. The result? My productivity decreased. Within minutes of copying my To-Do list into each of these apps, I started to receive a half dozen notifications from a half dozens apps, […]
An unfortunately common scenario for IT pros: you show up at your year-end review with four months of hard work on your hands. You present this work to your stakeholder… and your stakeholder tells you it’s all irrelevant due to changes in the business’ direction. In his eyes you’ve wasted a whole lot of time, […]
Doesn’t this cartoon illustrate the truth? So often, the user community doesn’t know what it wants can’t tell IT what it wants and isn’t available to review IT’s specifications and plans—even when they are written out for the users. No matter how you slice it, the user community believes that we will somehow divine the […]
