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Lessons on Hiring and Networking

Lessons on Hiring and Networking

I have been working as a software developer for over a decade to the point in my career where I know hundreds of people that are in my same line of work and can thus give (and receive) meaningful help for people in their career as they try to find

Finding Balance

Finding Balance

Every one of us has learned how to send emails on Sunday night. But how many of us know how to go a movie on Monday afternoon. You’ve unbalanced your life without balancing it with someone else Ricardo Semler 28 Sep 2007 One of the greatest benefits of a

Personal Retreats

Personal Retreats

Every year I take a weekend to myself and go on a personal retreat. This tradition started years ago when I took a sick day from work and rode my bike from Atlanta to Alabama and back. When I returned I felt like I had been on vacation for weeks:

What I Learned from Briefly Sharing an Office with Steve Jobs

What I Learned from Briefly Sharing an Office with Steve Jobs

Get Started Early Steve used to come in real early. By the time I got there I could see evidence that he had already been there — discarded coffee cups, little crumbs of food, a mild odor in the air — he had obviously been there for hours. Haters and self-doubt sleep

Obsession with Tools

Obsession with Tools

Obsessing about tools is a great way to waste time and not actually use the tools to make stuff

This Year I Read 88 Books And Wrote 1

This Year I Read 88 Books And Wrote 1

As 2015 started I made a goal to read 50 books by the end of the year. This, like all great goals, was very stupid and certainly foolish. I have a very demanding job, four young children, and a very structured imaginary marathon-training program. I set this goal for two

Yeah, sure

Yeah, sure

Short funny book in the style of McSweeneys Internet Tendency