Archive for the 'Personal Experience' Category

The easy way out

Wired has a nice little rant about how the handheld calculator is basically the cause of a lot of problems.  The closing statement is an interesting comparison:
Speaking of things people don’t deserve, it’s pretty clear that the real fault for all this dumbing-down lies with Prometheus, the Titan from Greek mythology who gave fire to […]

Comic: The interview

I can’t believe we’ve gone this long without a link to a Dilbert comic.

Links: More Guy Kawasaki

So, the more I look at external sites, a person who’s writing tells a lot about Silicon Valley type thinking is this Guy.  The dude has some great connections including Penelope Trunk, who is a career columnist.  Guy has a really cool interview with her on his site.  I think her answers are pretty reasonable.  […]

Link: The value of networking

Yahoo! Hotjobs had an article that was also printed in the San Francisco Chronicle on Sunday about networking and how it helps during a job search.  Building your own personal network of contacts can be absolutely invaluable to finding a job and getting hired slightly easier.  As in some of our other posts, there are […]

Job Hunt: Resume Tips

The preparation of the resume is usually the first step in any job hunt. The resume should be setup to make sure that you 1) get past the recruiter and 2) convey to the hiring manager that he / she should want to learn more about you. There are some general rules:

TLAs - […]