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ordered to pay a total of $38.3 million to the families…
Curious how much these grieving families will actually receive?
As for Chiquita Corporate—- such a small price of doing business. Sad commentary for justice.
At the intersection of Defense Contractors & Accredited Manufacturers, have you looked into the Trusted Foundry List? No doubt you'll find some opportunities
https://www.acq.osd.mil/asds/dmea/tapo/docs/tp/Accredited-Su...
I wonder what I can learn today that will benefit everyone?
Additional questions for self inquiry in 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership...
listeners to Huberman’s podcast should not sweep aside the contents of the New York mag story as mere gossip.
Followed by an artful downward social comparison, his life’s work is also a disaster.
Quite a hit job.
V'Ger must evolve. Its knowledge has reached the limits of this universe and it must evolve…
New Sales. Simplified.: The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development by Mike Weinberg
Chapter 14: planning and executing the attack, is brilliant!
Feel free to DM, if you want to compare notes
Sounds like a phishing expedition-
Worth calling them out,
I'm ethically and contractually bound not to disclose specific details around this work.
At a high-level I'm doing A)B) & C.
I imagine you expect the same standard from your team members.
Then turn the questions on them-
Relative to this role, help me understand what you're trying to accomplish.
What are you priority needs/wants? What does success look like?
As for your Job Search -
Don't focus on companies and openings.
Instead, look for the guy you can best serve.
There's a Senior Manager/Executive out there who needs your help.
On this, Linkedin Profiles are actually a useful tool.
But it didn't change anything about how those companies qualified candidates...
Turns out, finding/discovering hidden tech talent is relatively easy.
Finding the "Economic Buyer", a true hiring executive with budget and authority to make timely hiring decisions gets worse every year.
Bureaucratic Red Flag, when HR Bozos start 'adding value' to the process.
As companies grow, they mindlessly get in their own way.
the right way going into a new role…
Consider taking the Sparketype test. It’s free, only takes 7 minutes.
Overview. In Sparked (2021), Jonathan Fields immerses readers in the universe of Sparketypes, an entirely new concept of impulses that make you feel alive at work and in life in general, so that you learn to avoid what drains you.
Upvote for HNers in Oklahoma!
my attempts of cold-outreach have failed.
An entrepreneurs most valuable, “learned skill” is selling.
Budget your time against learning how to sell.
Mike Weinberg’s book is a great place to start. Chapter 14, “planning and executing the attack” is brilliant. > https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/15863998
Friendly Challenge: assuming those initial cold outreach targets are still solid; try to connect with them again.
I do genuinely enjoy writing code when I know what is being asked of me and when I know that it will help the end-user(s).
Look for the individual who you can actually help, NOT the job.
That is to say, try to connect with the Hiring Executive versus getting blocked by the HR filter.
Small & Early stage companies are your best bet.
Have you checked out the social channels, i.e. Reddit, and Instagram?
Tangential…
The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of ExcellenceEssentially in evaluating an opportunity, looking for something that really captures my imagination.
Think Derek Sivers: When deciding whether to do something, if you feel anything less than “Wow! That would be amazing! Absolutely! Hell yeah!” — then say no. > https://sive.rs/hellyeah
Tangential: The astronauts struggled with life back on earth, post NASA…
https://www.biography.com/scientists/buzz-aldrin-alcoholism-...
If you really want to learn how to ride— best to saddle up next to an old trail horse.
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice. -
William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Polonius to son Laertes.
“All corporations say ‘People are our most important asset,’ but they don’t really seem to believe that.”
“Calling someone ‘talent’ is quite different from calling them a person,” she added. “People aren’t a resource that can be depleted over time.”
Getting voted off the island, always bruising to the ego.
Any wonder so many people want to work for themselves.
communications with recruiters is so cold now…
True-
Worse still, Hiring Managers completely divorced from the recruiting process.
And C-Levels execs whine they can’t find the right “talent”… Hilarious!
I worry about having regrets and endangering my family's financial safety.
The tipping point— when you no longer worry about things like finances, career track, opinions of others.
Either because you resolved those issues in your mind, or uncontrollable events have made your corporate position redundant.
Always a smart play to have a solid “Plan B” at the ready.
and they're turning to AI to find, cull, and woo job candidates.
As a job seeker/potential applicant— nothing turns me off more than to deal with low-level HR types, much less an obvious ai interface.
Sadly, more and more actual hiring managers are completely divorced from the recruiting process.
Is it any wonder they cannot find good people.
How to Choose a Career Based on Your Personality > https://hcleadershipessentials.com/blogs/career/how-to-choos...
I’ve found the best mentorships in the workplace, to be organic things.
That is to say, I was fortunate to strike up friendships with a couple of senior ranking guys.
We would frequently meet up for coffee/lunch. The conversations were casual, interspersed with friendly advice.
The Best Mentorships Help Both People Grow > https://hbr.org/2022/01/the-best-mentorships-help-both-peopl...
Everything is reasonably good: pay, co-workers, work itself.
If ONE of these core elements change, THEN it’ll be time to move on.
There is an interesting formula for change. V and D (vision and dissatisfaction) are multiplied: V x D yielding the motivation to overcome R (resistance).
In other words, right now— if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
I wonder what I could do today that would allow for a breakthrough in my life?
I wonder what I can learn today that will benefit everyone?
I wonder what choices I can make today that would allow me to experience greater and greater fun and creativity?
Source: 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Jim Dethmer. > https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23275060-15-commitments-...
When people get to do work that innately feels good to them, they will run to work each day, thrilled to give it their all. Jonathan Fields, host of one of the world's top rated podcasts, Good Life Project, calls this a “Sparketype”. It's the “DNA-level driver” of actions that most deeply fulfill us.
Tangential, life imitates art: The Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor (also known simply as Mr. Fusion and the fusion generator) was the name of a power source used by the DeLorean time machine. The actual unit was manufactured by Fusion Industries.
Drucker discusses this subject—
Important to understand “how do you learn?”
More importantly— how you do prepare for the second half of your life?
https://academic.udayton.edu/lawrenceulrich/leaderarticles/d...
Relative to balance— Throw a young growing family into the mix. Suddenly, Needs/Priorities shift overnight. Call it a trade-off. Manage your energy first.
Tangential: Lessons from people who are “immune” to narcissists > https://youtu.be/hsC2_CUVBp4