Gordon Kass

NorCal boys basketball D4 quarterfinal final: SHP 59, Soquel 48 #scscore

Halftime in Atherton: NorCal Boys Basketball D4 quarterfinal: Sacred Heart Prep 24, Soquel 19. #scscore

CCS Boys Soccer D4 final: Aptos 2, Carlmont 1. First CCS title in boys soccer for Aptos. #scscore

CCS D3 Girls Soccer championship final: Aptos 1, TKA 0. First girls soccer CCS title in school history. #scscore

Scott (@scottmcnealy) is right and we did it that way when I worked at Scott’s Sun Microsystems 30+ years ago. Compensation should reflect one’s contribution to the company. An “Individual Contributor,” who is a brilliant technologist/architect, might be a huge contributor. Perhaps more than their manager, who may be very good nonetheless. I worked at Sun from 1987 to 1994. I was a software developer and then in management of major software groups. (I was the “Product Boss” for the first Solaris OS at Sun.) I can vouch first-hand that this is exactly what we did at Sun, even back then. I can remember specific meetings on reviews and salaries (e.g., in the 1990-92 period) and exact names of superb “individual contributor” engineers. We handled things that way, just as Scott stated. Some individuals got – and deserved – more than their manager.

Sales reps could make more than their bosses. Same with distinguished engineers. Why would you want Bill Joy or Andy Bechtolsheim managing when they could be inventing? You should not be rewarded just because you have lots of folks working for you.

The Inside Story of Rocklin's Stunning Run to the NorCal Open Division Volleyball Championship. See: si.com/high-school/ca…

The History of the CIF Southern Section documentary will air on Spectrum SportsNet this Saturday, December 13th, at 7:00PM. The documentary covers so many incredible milestones dating back to 1913. Most importantly, it’s a special tribute to our late historian, Dr. John Dahlem🤍

CCS D5 football final in OT: Piedmont Hills 31, Sobrato 30

CIF NorCal D4 VB: Harbor takes the fourth set 25-21 to beat East Nicolaus. Pirates dropped the first set, then won the next three. #scscore

CIF NorCal VB: East Nicolaus 25-22, then Harbor 25-17, Harbor 25-23. On to set four. #scscore

Harbor 15-11 in the fifth set over Scotts Valley for the CCS D4 VB title #scscore

CCS D4 VB final: Scotts Valley and Harbor on to the fifth set. Harbor 25-23. SV 25-13, 25-20. Harbor 26-24. #scscore

CCS D3 Volleyball final: Riordan sweeps Santa Cruz 25-20, 25-18, 25-12 #scscore

CCS Open Division Volleyball final: Archbishop Mitty wins its 26th CCS title over St Francis 25-19, 25-18, 25-17.

Final: Santa Teresa 27, Christopher 16.

Halftime at Christopher: Santa Teresa 14, Christopher 13.

Football final from Morgan Hill: Live Oak 17, Lincoln 13

Halftime in Morgan Hill: Live Oak 3, Lincoln 0

Sierra Canyon wins the VB showdown with Marymount in four sets. Trailblazers took fourth set 25-22.

Sierra Canyon VB 25-13, 25-15 but Marymount responds 25-12 to move us to set number four