Career Basics
The First 90 Days OS: Your Boot Sequence (and why Day 1 is already late)
A simple Week 1 setup so you look competent fast: define success, build your note system, and stop guessing what matters.
Read the piece →A survival guide for your first corporate job
Look competent
in your first
ninety days.
The unspoken rules of corporate culture, rewritten as templates, scripts, and checklists — so you can stop guessing and start executing.
Cubicle To Corner Office
The book
Cubicle To Corner Office.
A 317-page playbook for the transition from student to professional. Written by Mike Halpert — 20 years at Google, Walmart E-Commerce, and hyper-growth startups — and handed to new grads by the managers who wish someone had handed it to them.
- Chapter 1
Corporate culture
What nobody explains on Day 1: trust, visibility, and the politics of the quiet room.
- Chapter 4
Manager dynamics
1:1 agendas, status updates, and the art of making your boss's job easier.
- Chapter 7
Communication that lands
Email vs Slack, the one-page exec summary, and scripts for asking good questions.
From the blog
Playbooks for the in-between moments.
One piece a week. Templates, scripts, frameworks — all tested in real jobs.
Browse the library
Nine pillars. One system.
The whole system, mapped. Start anywhere.