UPDATE 1/11/2016: Check out ad block to bitcoin’s wordpress plugin and chrome extension. I built a fun little tool that turns ads into bitcoin donation solicitations when adblock is enabled. So becomes: If you’re into supporting publishers as they transition to the new economy, micropayments, or bitcoin in general, check it out here: https://github.com/owocki/adblock-to-bitcoin Read the article >>
The following is a guest post authored by Allen Ackerman. Allen is a principal at A-List Search, and was the first recruiter to customize his out-reach and build a relationship before trying to place me. I asked him to write a guest post because he is one of the good recruiters out there. _____________________________________________________ There two basic recruiting models when dealing Read the article >>
I’ve been cautiously optimistic about BlockChains since Boulder Startup Week 2016 when I had core contributors of both Zcash and Ethereum presenting at one of the Future of Tech Events. Trustless decentralized financial instruments have the potential to be an ‘internet of money’ and massively disrupt the financial system. Several months ago, I wrote and open sourced pytrader — a cryptocurrency Read the article >>
LinkedIn solved a real market inefficiency in hiring. By mapping the professional networks of millions of people worldwide in the 200s, they lowered the barrier to search for talent by skill, connection, or location in a really really useful way. They were able to monetize the data they had on professional networks because by lowering the barrier to search for employees, they lowered Read the article >>
The following post is a guest post authored by Josh Rivedal. Josh is founder, executive director of The i’Mpossible Project, and an author, actor, playwright, and international public speaker on suicide prevention, mental health, and diversity. Captain’s log, Stardate January 2011. Where unfortunately many have gone before. I’m twenty-six years old and thinking about dying… actually Read the article >>
I am introducing the following litmus test to define what a good recruitment email looks like: Message is personalized (beyond first name). Sender mentions a common interest or connection. Sender clearly read my blog, or my github. Sender sounds like a human, not a corporate PR robot. Pitch is targeted towards plausible next steps in growth of my personal career (skills, experience level, Read the article >>
I push back on SPAM recruiter messages when I can. The most common rebuttal I hear from recruiters is: “I don’t have time to customize outreach” or “It would be too time consuming to customize outreach”. Why it’s nonsense: Let’s do The Math Let’s presume Recruiting is a full time job. That means you have 40 hours a week * 60 minutes = 2,400 minutes each week. Let’s liberally say a third is spent Read the article >>
I covered why you should stand up for yourself and other engineers when receiving a spam post from a recruiter here. Here are some templates of what you can say to respond to a recruiters untargeted cold outreach: Template 1: Stop SPAMMING. NAME, I don’t respond to spray & pray recruiter messages, and I’m not looking for work right now. You’d know that if you read my profile or customized Read the article >>
There truly is market value in helping folks find new careers. Technical recruiters have the potential to be the grease in the wheel of the new economy, to help people achieve better, bigger, things with their skills; To uplevel their salaries, to life them out of poverty. And to help companies uplevel their teams and their products. But if one separates the *tactics* from the *endgame* Read the article >>
As a techie who has been getting interested in photography the last several years, I’ve been looking for opportunities to learn from other photographers in the Boulder community. What I’ve found is that most of these people are usually either (1) creatives with BFA backgrounds who are trying to learn more about technology / gear or (2) techies like me who are trying to learn more about composition Read the article >>