Tales from the Frontlines: Operation "You're in Over Your Head..."

There are 3 simple rules that you need to follow in order to ensure success in a new job. And oddly enough they concern what you do before you accept a job offer, not after.

1. Don't lie on your resume.
2. Don't lie in the interviews.
3. Don't have references lie for you.

It will all come back to haunt you in the form of an emergency that you will have no idea how to handle. And then you will become a problem for me. Because you will turn to me with a "deer in headlights" look on your face when I try to explain what you need to do to solve the problem. I know then that my next words need to be, "Just send it to me." Sigh.

I hate it when your incompetence makes my job more difficult.