Watching Shark Tank tonight and the first presentation was by Mango Mango Preserves and it highlighted an interesting contrast in business trends today and how to capitalize on opportunities. <Spoiler Alert> Even though every one of the sharks was raving about the product samples they tried, with two of them going for second and third servings, none of them made a deal to invest in the company.
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Brian Moran (blog | Twitter) did a great presentation today for the PASS Professional Development Virtual Chapter on The Art of Questions. One of the points that Brian made was that there are good questions and bad (or at least not-as-good) questions.
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In the last couple of years I have conducted a lot of interviews for application and database developers for my company, and I can tell you that the little things can mean a lot.
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Boy, how time flies! I can hardly believe that the 2011 PASS Summit is just one week away. Maybe it snuck up on me because it’s a few weeks earlier than last year.
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A lot of job candidates out there are wondering how they can set themselves apart from the crowd and increase the odds of landing the job they want. Well here’s a really easy way…
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If I didn’t know better, I would think that K. Brian Kelley (blog | twitter) has been listening in on conversations with my boss.
In his recent blog post Successful Teams: Knowing When to Step Out of Your Role, Brian describes quite clearly a philosophy that my boss has been trying to get across to everyone in the department.
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Woodrow Wilson was once asked how long it would take him to prepare for a 10 minute speech. He replied "Two weeks". He was then asked how long it would take for a 1 hour speech.
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Have you ever been asked a stupid question during an interview; one that seemed to have no relation to the job responsibilities at all? Tech people are often caught off-guard by these apparently irrelevant questions, but there is a way you can turn these to your favor.
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The Professional Development Virtual Chapter for PASS is holding its first virtual meeting on Thursday, May 13 at 1:00 PM Eastern / 10:00 AM Pacfic time. Andy Warren (@sqlandy) will be the speaker.
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Seth Godin has some wise words for all bloggers to keep in mind in his recent post When a Stranger Reads Your Blog.
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Vampal
2010-05-06
re: Godin on First Impressions -_- the butterfly effects
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Next week at the PASS Community Summit, we will unveil the newest chapter of PASS, the Professional Development Virtual Chapter. Previously known as SIGs (Special Interest Groups) these have been renamed as Virtual Chapters, which I think is a better description.
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There are two types of people in the world: Those that divide groups of people into two types, and those that don't...
Lately, I've been thinking about two types of developers (or coders).
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Being in the tech industry, it is easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of technical blogs. There are approximately a gazillion technical blogs, and a whole gob of those are really good.
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