"Subject: Mary Poppins, with Project Manager experience

Dear Candidate:

If you want this choice position
Have a cheery disposition
Rosy cheeks, no warts!
Play games, all sort

You must be kind, you must be witty
Very sweet and fairly pretty
Take us on outings, give us treats
Sing songs, bring sweets

If you won’t scold and dominate us
We will never give you cause to hate us
We won’t hide your spectacles
So you can’t see
Put toads in your bed
Or pepper in your tea
Hurry, Dear PM!
Many thanks
Sincerely,

– The Temboo team

If Mary Poppins was in the software business, she probably would have been a Project Manager. After all, what makes a great PM isn’t so different from what it takes to be a wonderful nanny: knowledge of a wide range of subjects, a sense of humor, an ability to keep people happily working together, and an occasional touch of magic.
At least that’s the kind of person we’re searching for to join the Temboo team."

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if you are wondering whose job it is, it’s probably yours."

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Maybe as Americans watch Indians embrace the consumer revolution, we can learn something about ourselves and the role of consumerism in our own lives.