ita, I think your instincts are right. Work product is something I've been asked for but could never provide. Unless there was something intended to be public, offering to do something for them is about what you and they should respect that.

Yeah, I went through my tablet and Dropbox and can't find anything other than a multi-swimlane schedule. Time and time again, it never occurs to me to hang onto stuff, even if the work for hire contract wasn't in place.

They want to give me sample actions to flowchart or write up use cases, I'm perfectly happy. I'll outline an entire requirements document. But I don't feel bad I don't have work from previous jobs--I just feel worried.

I keep a portfolio and several files of all of my work samples. And samples of student work. And samples of work I have collaborated on with colleagues.

I know it's different, but I cannot imagine not keeping it.

I think that's a common disconnect between academia and industry hiring.

I guess when you're an environment where people strive to publish it's different from places afraid of corporate espionage.

We ran a whole League of Shadows (I couldn't believe they adopted my nerd terminology) Change Control process where every employee had to be signed in before they could even know what the topic was about. And every vendor had to be doublechecked that they'd signed the right privacy papers, etc. That's been my environment for most of my 25 years working.

I know it's different, but I cannot imagine not keeping it.

Did you sign anything saying you couldn't? I always have (well, maybe not the previous UCLA gig, I guess).

See, disconnect .

Unrelatedly, does this site [link] look (c) 2014? Does the shop part of it [link] instil any confidence in what you may be about to buy?

I've also been able to find a million more sleep/leisure bras since I paid FIFTY DOLLARS for one from there, so I don't even know why they're not even making it look like I'm getting something for twice the price.

Sleep bras are now cheaply found at CVS even. So, no, no confidence.

There is definitely a disconnect between academia and industry when it comes to that. I don't sign non disclosure agreements in my gig. What would I disclose? Plus there is a very active community of sharing resources very widely, so the stuff I do and create is often shared, adapted, etc.

OK, that site could use a LOT of improvement, but are the bras comfortable? I haven't seen the cheap versions available myself, but googling is not finding me anything else cheaper that come sin something close to my size. $50 might be worth it for fit.

OK, that site could use a LOT of improvement, but are the bras comfortable?

Well, if you want a sucker that paid $50 for one, I can testify it's comfortable even if I didn't know what it would look like when it showed up.

Since then I've found dozens of similar function bras for 20-30 dollars, and I'd be really impressed if my breasts could tell the difference. I already go out of my way to buy expensive daily bras, but I don't think sleep bras should cost more than most women are willing to spend to have their breasts look good during the day.

But I sleep better with support, and the wider the strap the better (for my neck/disc issues). and wearing the expensive day bras is just wasting money. So I ordered a couple (cheaper than just one of the marguerites in total) from Her Room and will report back to you guys so you don't have to bate your breath dangerously long.

Another ecommerce fail--I'm addicted to KIND low glycemic cereal, but it's one of those ridiculous "11 servings per container therefore $5.50 per container" things that has half that many servings at best. So I found somewhere on the internet that sells it for more than a buck less than the stores near me and ordered 10.

Which they shipped in 5 10"x12"x13" boxes. Now KIND isn't even boxed cereal--they are smallish pouches. Too long to complain about in my Twitter account which is pretty much all product whining, so I'll have to do it more privately. Such a shocking waste of resources. At least they didn't pack with peanuts, but the inflated plastic bags (which are bigger than the product).

I'm catching up on Crossbones, she says with total lack of segue, and have finally decided the knife on my bed will live under the pillow instead of at my side. My concession to real life is that it's in a sheath.