Category: Business
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LinkedIn Pro-tip – choosing which ads & spam to see
A common complaint about LinkedIn is that it’s just full of ads and spam that is completely irrelevant. Ads for resume-writing services, spammy self-congratulatory posts about how the author did some amazing feat in an industry or field you couldn’t are less about. You know the deal. But you don’t have to keep suffering! There…
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Detoxify toxic inspiration
You have seen the post I’m talking about. It’s always a command that sounds so simple and valuable, but if you actually think about it, completely undoable. Surround yourself with people who fight for you in rooms your not in Sure. I’ll get right on that. A quick search for “Lexington KY”+people+(fight|advocate)+”for me|Steve”+”In rooms I’m…
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On Learning Python with Coursera
So my normal way of learning a new language or computer tool is pretty simple and probably the way most people do it: Dive in. There’s a problem that lead to that language, google to find & install the tools, and then google to solve the problem. Repeat until the solution is good enough. It…
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Excessive interviews could save you
I see a lot of posts & comments where folks are complaining about having to interview with more than a few people for a new position at a company. It seems like these folks think just the future boss, and maybe one other person should be enough. Since interviews are hard, we should have less…