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Why You Need To Stop Using ZipRecruiter Immediately
Sure, we’re a networking group, and so we have a certain bias towards people doing things in person. But this one we think everyone needs to listen up on. Sure, most of the recruiters we know don’t do this. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t more and more out there doing it who need a…
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How Not To Suck At Running a Networking Group – Communication
Late last year, mostly by request, we gave you How Not To Suck At Starting a Networking Group. Well, it’s been a couple of months now, and so hopefully you’ve figured out if this is something you actually want to do. If not…well, then you can pretty much stop reading right about now, since the…
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The Askhole
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. “Don’t ask the question if you don’t really want the answer” – me While at the front of the room for another Shifting Gears class yesterday giving our “10 Commandments of Job Search”…
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How Not To Suck At Being A Developer
My cards title me “The Geek”. I have been a trained monkey watching backup tapes spin. I have been a DBA. I have been a helpdesk jockey, a developer, a tech lead and a systems architect. I have also been a manager, a director and a Vice President. Think of me as you from 10…
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The Twenty Dollar Lesson
“You will get more out of a two minute conversation at one of our events than you will from a week’s worth of emailing.” – us, constantly I was at an open mic night last night (yes, another reference to stand up comedy…get used to it) and I watched something happen, listened to the ensuing…
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How Not To Suck At Quitting Your Job
“See this? Our website? I just want it to suck less. Can you make it suck less? I have a big bag of money for someone that can make it suck less for me. ” – a CTO who shall remain nameless, during a business meeting circa 1999 “And I said, I don’t care if…
