Side effects of working at a great place

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|January 16, 2013

I’m now into my 20th year of working for SAS. This year in November I’ll have my 20th “SAS-iversary” and thus mark the beginning of my third decade here. I’ve worked here since the Clinton administration. I’ve met SAS employees who were actually not yet born when I attended my [...]

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High-performance analytics: it may be a show, but it's not an act

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|June 12, 2012

Last Friday morning I took a meeting with SAS CEO Jim Goodnight. Despite the hassle, I was happy to rearrange my busy schedule to squeeze him in. Ha! Just a little joke there about my inflated sense of importance! Actually, the meeting was part of a regular series called “Conversations [...]

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Splitting hairs among the ranks

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|January 19, 2012

This morning I logged onto my e-mail at 6:45 AM to learn that SAS was ranked as the No. 3 Best Company to Work For. No. 3 is not as high as No. 1.  But it’s very, very close.  Perhaps even barely distinguishable, in the larger scheme of things. I [...]

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SAS tops the list, again

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|January 20, 2011

I’m not even at work yet, but I’ve already learned that SAS has been ranked as the #1 workplace on the Fortune 100 list for 2011. SAS was also number 1 last year in 2010, and has been high on the list since its inception. I’m sure there will be [...]

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What's my line? (CSEdWeek edition)

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|December 1, 2010

Author note: I’m “replaying” this post in honor of Computer Science Education Week. It originally appeared here over 3 years ago. Today was “career day” in my daughter’s 3rd grade classroom. A few privileged parents were invited to attend and answer questions about their professions, press-conference style. Among those on [...]

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Numero Uno

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|January 21, 2010

This sign greeted me as I was driving into work this morning for a routine appointment at our onsite health care center. Appropriate, don’t you think? Last year at this time, I downplayed the importance of being the actual #1 company to work for, stating that the “staying power” that [...]

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Rank and file

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|February 3, 2009

When I applied for a job at SAS over 15 years ago, I didn’t even know what the company did. [Insert dummy joke here.] Most of what I knew about the company came from colleagues at my former workplace who, perhaps in an effort to make themselves feel better, described [...]

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