The more pretentious a corporate name, the smaller the organization. If you are good, you will be assigned all the work. If you are really good, you will get out of it. You are always doing something marginal when the boss drops by your desk. People who go to conferences are the ones who wouldn't.
People are always available for work in the past tense.
People don't make the same mistake twice, they make it three times, four times, or five times. If it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would get done. At work, the authority of a person is inversely proportional to the number of pens that person is carrying. When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried. You will always get the greatest recognition for the job you least like.