I bought the book "A SUMERIAN OBSERVATION OF THE KÖFELS’ IMPACT EVENT" by Mark Hempsell, and Alan Bond. Tried to do a film adaptation, about 10 years ago.
One part in Sumer and another in the Alps.
My early boss had a different approach. If you want a promotion, you need to have people in place who can do your job. That was touchy. If I had people capable of doing my job, what would happen when we do layoffs (which happened regularly)? But it was also through a period of strong growth, so the boss needed proven people in place to take on new opportunities.
Working for a firm during its strong growth phase is very different from trying to climb a 10,000-deep corporate ladder.
I remember, in the mid 90s getting up at 6:00 am, taking a taxi to LGA and catching a 7:00 am Shuttle to Washingto DC so I could be at a 9:00 am meeting.
In part, that was partly because you could just walk on the next shuttle at 7:30 or whenever if you got delayed for some reason. Personally I'd probably take the train although a 9AM meeting might be tight.
6am is about the time you'd need to get up if you lived in Front Royal and wanted to make a 9am meeting and that's assuming a pretty efficient workflow for leaving the house.
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