In early November, I was nominated by Gabrielle at Up and Gone to receive the Sunshine Blogger Award. The Sunshine Blogger Award is a recognition given to bloggers by their peers, in order to recognize the great work that they…
Surviving Team Dinners with Dietary Restrictions
When you start traveling for work or working in professional services, you will find yourself at team dinners on a very regular basis. Group dinners are a great opportunity for networking, but can be difficult to get through if you…
Passing the Tableau Certification Exams
Last year, I took and passed both the Tableau Desktop Qualified Associate and the Tableau Desktop Certified Professional exams. While I have been using Tableau Desktop for two years at my job, I was a little nervous about the exam…
What To Do When On the Bench
“On the bench” is a term that consultants will use to describe the situation when they aren’t assigned to a project. New staff members may typically find themselves on the bench while the resource scheduling team evaluates where they will…
How to Pick the Restaurant for Team Dinner
While traveling with a group, your team will have at least a few meals together. Especially if you are the newest person on the team, you may get tasked with the responsibility of figuring out where everyone will eat. When…
Hyderabad After Five: The Pearl City of India
The grand city of Nizams, Hyderabad, is the capital of Telangana, a recently-formed state in South India. It won’t be wrong to say that after Bangalore, in India, this city has rapidly established itself as the ‘Silicon Valley’ in the…
