cdeputy – Christine Deputy Portfolio

Professional…

How To Pick An Employer or Break Up With One

Flipping through my social media feed, I stumbled across an article published by Mara Gordon of KUOW, "How To Pick A Doctor (Or Break Up With One)." "The most important…

Why Should People Care about What We Have to Offer? What Is Our Purpose with Our Innovations? Who Is Our Customer?

22 Jun 201922 Jun 2019

As a result of some of my posts and public sharing, someone asked hubby if I am gay or transgender. "Is she gay? Why does she care?" First--why does it…

Culture of Personality Is Understanding Identity Violations

21 Jun 201922 Jun 2019

"Finally, we have conclusive proof that corporate culture not only affects a firm’s reputation, but it also shows up on the bottom line. Organizational culture first emerged as a business concept in…

Communication…

Do We Want a Job or Do We Want a Career?

18 Jun 201918 Jun 2019

"It becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy because you might not try to improve thinking there’s no point. And that attitude hurts you at work because you don’t try to improve." ~…

Communication…

What Horses Are Teaching Me About Leading Myself

15 Jun 201916 Jun 2019

Not too long ago, something happened and it triggered a physical reaction that I was not expecting. This has happened to me before and I was used to letting it…

Engineering and Development…

The Bright Side of Not Getting What We Want

Revisiting code, I wondered about free web hosting sites so I would have the luxury of implementing code for concepts I've been toying with. They're not ground breaking ideas. These…

Engineering and Development…

One Way to Engage The Audience

While working on my final project for my Database Management degree, I was searching for solutions that were mandated user story requirements. Frantically typing keywords into the search fields, one…

Communication…

Lesson About Pretense From a Pony

One of the lessons I'm learning through horses is--they know when you're pretending. They will strip us of our pretenses and reflect the raw truth. One of the things that…

Gamer Bias: Social Responsibility in the Gaming Industry

Growing up during the era when video games were introduced to the public, our generation’s teenagers spent hours playing two-dimensional games like Pong, Astroids, and Defender on Atari systems. Gender…

Can You Tell Us About a Time When…

A recent phone call reminded me of a situation where adversity and my determination became an example of a success point. As the UNIX Sys Admins offered me information with questions…