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A look back at what we were talking about around this time in previous years:

One year ago…

can you cheat your way into an interview by calling to...

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It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go…

1. My coworker calls me “autistic” when she’s frustrated with me

My coworker keeps calling me autistic to try and explain why I do things. Examples:

– When we were debating the phrasing of a document, she said, “See, this is autism! You don’t hear me.”

– When I stepped out of some fr...

A reader writes:

There’s about to be a job opening on my team, and I am lucky enough to know two people who could be interested and a great fit. Is it weird if I recommend both of them?

We have an internal form where we can recommend people (and get a bonus if they’re hired and stay on for a certain number of months), as well as an informal arrangement of sendin...