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cloche
5y ago
Same experience here. I always considered myself poor at interviews even though I've done well wherever I worked. This time around, I put in 6 months of preparation and it paid off. It's the first job in my 10+ year career where
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Not sure if that's the right lesson. After all, the 1 stakeholder did show up. It would have been a slight to them if you had called off the meeting (basically saying to them that they're not the important one). I think a better
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5y ago
Most renters are not renting "New US homes" and rent does not buy a house. It's a pretty poor comparison.
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I watched a video of Geoffrey Canada[1] explaining that when parents would ask them what they could do for themselves he would respond with something like "Unfortunately, there's not much you can do to change your situation. Whic
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cloche
5y ago
That's because it's made up. The study never happened yet it keeps getting repeated in numerous self-help books. https://ask.library.yale.edu/faq/175224
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I try to spend the first 10 minutes of my day reviewing my calendar for the day and write out my priorities for the day. I may have 1 priority or I may have 3 or 4. I've definitely noticed myself getting more things done when I'
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*Pink Floyd
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While I'm not a manager I can relate to a past position where I was technical lead. I had a person on my team who was the same - friendly, enthusiastic. In conversations he would give you the impression that he's a person who kn
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Don't they end up paying more though? Modis must be making a profit on the workers so Google could, in theory, hire them directly and save money.
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I know someone who works as a contractor for Google (not through Modis). It's quite odd. They had to go through a lot of Google specified training, they only work for Google, their manager is someone from Google, the computer was sup