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2 November 2009 | Posted inBlog News & Updates

A Day in the Life of An Advance Strategist

About a year ago, I gave you an update of what was going on in my work life. Looking back over the last year of Life@HOK, I thought it might be fun to revisit that post,and let you know what’s going on now! You’ll see from the list below that some things have stayed the same, but lots of cool new things have come up too!

Revisiting old news:

GSA Unit Cost Study: just about wrapped up!
U.S. Capitol Complex Master Plan (still going, and I still can’t tell you more or I’d have to shoot you)
Blogging on The Green Workplace
Blogging on Life@HOK

Sharing new news:

NeoCon East presentation

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Best Interview Ever

As I was writing about appropriate internet usage at work, I thought of the best interview I’ve ever done as part of my job with HOK Advance Strategies.

Denver Summer: Olive Ho, Jodi Williams, Emily Golembiewski, Antonia Cardone, Elaine Kabala, and Navara Boon-Long

We were working on a program of requirements for a federal bureau out in Denver, Colorado. Spending a few weeks in Denver over the summer with some of my favorite colleagues from the San Francisco office was pretty good in and of itself, but this interview simply made the trip.

A typical programming interview discusses things like headcount growth, need for special spaces, etc. We were heading in to our …