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by he11ow 5y ago
Sure. I've written an entire article to that effect, along with the data on a year-long experiment: https://medium.com/skill-strong/how-to-build-an-audience-on-...
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by he11ow 5y ago
Yes, over and above any other social network. I keep my network mostly relevant to the domain I work in, which means it's highly interconnected. Content: Purely from the way LinkedIn operates, anytime I publish something several people
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by he11ow 6y ago
In all of this 200+ comments thread, this is the first time you've clearly articulated examples of the pain to solve. Here's what to notice about these three comments: In all three, you still want to ideally be using Excel. In a s
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by he11ow 6y ago
I did see it, and seeing it was what made me notice the book afterwards. (I'm not US based, it wasn't a best seller where I was living.) I didn't love it. But that probably says more about my taste in films than it does about
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by he11ow 6y ago
There were a few milestone books, the kind that had such an outsized impact they spring to mind almost immediately: 1. The Goal/ E. Goldratt. I read this first when I was a teenager, and kept returning to it (and some of its sequels) a
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by he11ow 6y ago
Technology. With all the talk about innovation and disruption, it seems on many fronts solutions are not getting better and/or more diversified, but exactly the opposite. - You used to be able to get really good mp3 players - now the o
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by he11ow 6y ago
Thanks!
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by he11ow 6y ago
> That falls under corporate PR, and some corporate PR is actually interesting. I am going to put a question mark next to this dichotomy, and here's why. This idea that you have "authenticity" vs. "corporate PR"
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by he11ow 6y ago
> They do that? I was under the impression my target audience(s) mostly shared corporate content. They really do. Mind, not ALL of them. If you think about it, writing on LinkedIn is hard, exactly because of the "professional perfo
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by he11ow 6y ago
What I meant by "understand how online networking works" is not that you - or anyone else - has struggled to grasp which button to click to connect with someone. Hundreds of millions of people use LinkedIn, and yet that's not
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Unpopular take: whether your LinkedIn experience is good or bad is a pretty strong indicator of how much you "get" online networking. - If you see it as a place to mostly transact with recruiters, Yes, your feed is absolutely goin
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by he11ow 6y ago
I've made this move and couldn't be happier. I can see how being your own boss is not for everyone, especially when it comes to putting yourself out there to get business. It's not just (or even mainly) about skill, and more
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by he11ow 6y ago
You're welcome. I find it extremely effective for building professional relationships. I mean, how many times do we see people asking - how do I get clients? What's going to make someone hire ME and not ten other guys? It's t
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Build an Audience on LinkedIn(medium.com)
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by he11ow 6y ago
Quite often you can come across people with an amazing job, that seems tailored exactly to them. And you ask them, how did you find this job?! to which the answer is NEVER: oh, there was an ad and I submitted my CV. You have deep domain exp
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How to Build an Audience on LinkedIn(medium.com)
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This is an incredibly appealing proposition! Well done.
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It's not "bad" if you don't, it's just better if you do. For one thing, you forget. For another, if you're only recalling stuff you've done in stressful situations (ahead of looking for new jobs), you&#x27
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by he11ow 6y ago
Assuming you go out into the workforce, and not stay in academia, you essentially have two choices: go into a job for which you code, or go into a job for which you don't. The coding jobs pay better than the the other jobs, which is wh
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by he11ow 6y ago
I'm happy everything worked out for you Ryan. But I was left so queasy by this whole read. This is presented as a victorious journey. By the end of it he's got his health back, his kids, an easy job, lots of money. The company&#x2
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by he11ow 6y ago
Contrarian Opinion: It doesn't matter one bit. Take a walk down any science museum, and you see a consistent pattern in technology development: people will push an existing technology to its absolute extreme before they come up with th
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by he11ow 6y ago
Natural Language Processing. To me it epitomizes the Bezos saying on how it's always Day 1 of the Internet. In just a few years we've moved from an Internet where nearly every website could be listed in a directory, where CONTENT
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by he11ow 6y ago
1. Ask yourself: What do I want to say? 2. Say it. 3. Say it shorter. People think if they state their ideas plainly, others will think these are obvious, simple ideas. So they try to cover it up, using big words and long sentences. Substa
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by he11ow 6y ago
Some points, in no particular order: 1. For kids that grow to become successful, content adults, intelligence is only one factor, likely not a determining one. If success is on your mind, qualities like lifelong curiosity or emotional self
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The Introvert's guide to networking on LinkedIn(medium.com)
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Second what you said about Anthony Lane's book. He still produces reviews almost weekly for the New Yorker, and they're a masterclass in writing.
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I don't to if this applies specifically to you, but I noticed that for a lot of people, the "hate" for marketing is a really a disguise for fear. In practically every industry, marketers are slightly looked down at, and it&#x
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I've written an article for people who aren't developers, but are looking to pick up coding skills to apply to their domain. It covers super practical stuff step-by-step, and links to the resources you need. Making Coding Skills U
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by he11ow 6y ago
> Do you just hit people up and add them Yes and No. Yes, you reach out to people that are not in your network, and that have never met you. No, it helps if you connect with a message tailored to that person that makes the connection of
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by he11ow 6y ago
I got good at networking on LinkedIn. I realized that it didn't need to be weird, any more than meeting new people at events is weird. Over time, it became just as useful a tool as actually meeting people in person, only I could do it

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