07 August 2001

Knowledge and Skill Whoring

The head of our small group at work -- and the person who effectively hired me -- tendered her resignation today, having grown tired of an environment that does not treat highly talented people very well and an executive management group that is entirely clueless and often malicious and petty. Over the last couple of months, our small, competent, revenue-generating group has lost 3 of its most critical senior analysts (probably representing a combined 50 years of industry experience) to firms that know how to treat talented individuals. The brain drain will probably continue, as recent management decisions do not bode well.

My own short-to-medium-term goal is to learn some new skills in the areas now decimated by the departures: comparative legal and fiscal analysis of petroleum regimes, and fiscal modelling of said regimes. Before the organization entirely destroys our group -- once a deeply experienced, revenue-generating asset -- I would like to acquire as much of the proprietary knowledge as still exists.

[Posted @ 05:43 PM CST]