Career Advice
I’m a Learner. It’s my top StrengthsFinder strength. And over the past 37 years, I’ve honed this strength and found books to be the best, most affordable way to learn and digest new topics and get answers to problems. I want to share the way I approach reading books and read so many of them…
I say often that I don’t have hobbies, at least the typical ones like others in my life have (like golf or hunting). For many they might not like or agree with what I have to say about the subject of hobbies, but regardless, I want to share my experiences having a full-time job which…
Back in August, I wrote a post that turned out to be very popular and got some good response titled “Dear Developers, Here’s Some Advice for Your Career.” Because of that response, I decided to take those core ideas and expand on it and put it into ebook form. Today, I’m excited to announce that…
In my late 20s I went back to school to finish my undergraduate degree. As a working adult, the daunting task of finishing that degree (I had at least 40 hours left) was overwhelming. But I quickly found an accelerated adult completion program that allowed me to do it once a week for around 18…
I’m on a writing binge lately … after the response I got from my outline offering my top career advice for developers I went to work on the first draft. It’s now 4,000+ words and available for review on Google Docs here. This is the third book now that I’ve crowdsourced the editing of and would…
Over the past 5 years I’ve had the privilege of working directly with web developers and software programmers. In that time, I’ve also interviewed and worked with a number of developers, along with managed and lead the development team at iThemes. I can safely say, it’s been both one of the delights of my work…
Too many times in my life I’ve met people who were miserable in their work. They either hated the work they did or couldn’t stand the people they worked with … and with each day they gave something of themselves to that 9-to-5 prison cell that they couldn’t ever get back. Too many people are…
Your first day (and week) on the job is just like being the new kid on the school playground. You don’t know anybody so you’re probably scared. You don’t know the “rules” of the teeter-tooter (or how the coffee pot works). You’re in a foreign land and you need to start learning the language, the…
Someone should tell you this and it might as well be me: You haven’t “arrived.” You probably won’t ever arrive. Neither will I. At least I hope I don’t. I always want to be improving and honing my craft. And just because you land some fancy title doesn’t mean you’re set for life or done…
LinkedIn Company Profiles can be found on the “Companies” tab and it’s just something I’ve stumbled upon. It’s full of good information that you can mine for your career. Here are 10 ways you can use them for your job hunt: Find and follow companies you admire or are interested in. See where people came…