You won’t believe what I learned I just reviewed over a hundred LinkedIN profiles (yes, we’re hiring at OLX — I reviewed Go developer profiles in this case). People love listicles (at least the non testy ones), so here’s one summing up my key take-aways from this experience. There’s just 4: People who write a “Summary” of themselves — youContinue reading “I just reviewed 100+ LinkedIN profiles”
Monthly Archives: September 2018
What’s your story?
Ideas on deciding what to speak or write about Whenever I read an article, or watch a talk, I ask myself: why are you telling me this? Why not anybody else? What makes you the best person — ideally in the world — to tell the story that you’re telling? In some cases the answer is clear: if you areContinue reading “What’s your story?”
Making Mistakes Productive Using the Five Whys
Asking why — image taken from https://pixabay.com/en/house-painter-balloon-why-question-3062248/ Most companies have some rules or guidelines in place for whenever an “incident” happens, be it an outage or something else that impacts customers. Some companies call them incident reports, others root cause analyses. Sadly, too often, producing these types of reports is seen as a chore — essentially punishment for standingContinue reading “Making Mistakes Productive Using the Five Whys”
