For many years, cigarette companies fraudulently hid evidence that smoking causes a myriad of health issues. Cigarette company managers directly hid the evidence their research teams found, cigarette company boards of directors knew and hid the same information. Enormous human suffering and pain has been knowingly caused by these people. Why did they do it? The managers and directors received huge salaries and bonuses for many years and retired fat and happy.… read more “Make Managers, Directors & Shareholders Liable”
Author: Joel Gross
Joel Gross is the CEO of Coalition Technologies.
Tribe
I would really like to build a community of people who get along well and live a bit more like our tribal ancestors.
Our modern society glorifies individualism and encourages isolation from others. Laurel and I’s closest family member is a 45 minute drive away and most are hours away. Our closest friend is 15 minutes away and most are much further.… read more “Tribe”
Operations Management
I have spent most of the last four years working in Operations Management for Coalition. Basically, I am trying to make sure that all of the promises we make to our clients are fulfilled. The single biggest area for me for a long time was recruiting. Recruiting continues to be a major time commitment for me most workdays.… read more “Operations Management”
Laurel is a Unicorn!
Inheritance Is Evil And Should Be Abolished
Estate taxes are the taxes the government places upon a person’s wealth after their death and before their decedents inherit it. I suggest that we increase estate taxes to 100%.
My grandparents are fairly wealthy and I stand to gain a substantial inheritance when they pass away. Why would someone like me who stands to gain significantly from lower estate taxes suggest abolishing inheritance and increasing estate taxes to 100%?… read more “Inheritance Is Evil And Should Be Abolished”
Hiring
I have had about 19,000 applicants apply to work at Coalition over the last year. About half of that number have taken my skills test. We have hired probably 70-80 people. I think we have one of the most stringent and effective recruiting processes of any company I have seen; certainly far superior to traditional outsourced recruiting.… read more “Hiring”
Contracts
Contracts are scary business. Usually a business’s default contract is strongly favorable to them and it can be hard on the relationship to push for tons of changes. I was sent a subcontractor contract today that just made no sense, so I sent back my default contract instead along with a big list of changes they would have to rewrite into their contract if they wished to work with me.… read more “Contracts”
Delice De Bourgogne
I really like this cheese named Delice De Bourgogne. As a matter of fact, I am sitting at my desk at work eating a block of it with a knife. Very good stuff. Very filling. Lots of calories to power my brain at work.
Basecamp 3 API PHP Connection Class
Below is the connection class I have written for pulling Basecamp 3 API data using PHP. This is a Laravel class, but you can use the code in any PHP app with some tweaks. I am still working on it, but this is what I have so far. I have implemented caching using ETag, but not Last-Modified yet.… read more “Basecamp 3 API PHP Connection Class”
Secret to Happiness
I try to track my happiness along with a number of variables every single day in my spreadsheet. So far, I have found a few things that can dramatically improve my daily mood:
- Most important is social contact. I have a habit now of calling either a family member or friend both on my way to work and my way home.