Leading our stories today are two job related posts. On DaedTech, he talks about what his candidate description is. This is an interesting take on the recruitment idea, more from the perspective of what your desired position really is. Have you really ever thought about it? On the Developsense Blog, he talks about the various… Read More Geek Reading June 16, 2015
Today we start with some startup related information. At Mattermark, they discuss the important financial indicators for startups at every stage of growth. It is an excellent read that every startup should take a look at. On First Round Review, they talk about “Leslie’s Law’ and when small companies meet large ones and how small… Read More Geek Reading June 15, 2015
Today, our lead articles talk about team and company culture. First, Gil Zilberfeld talks about the copy-paste strategy. The idea is that what works for Spotify may not work for you because you have a different team and a different culture. On paperplanes, they talk about why hiring based on culture-fit may be a bad… Read More Geek Reading June 12, 2015
Leading today’s stories is yet another security breach. Ironically, the BBC reports on a breach at Kaspersky Labs, a cybersecurity company. At Job Tips for Geeks, Dave Fecak talks about how he reads a resume. This is important because if you don’t know what recruiters are reading, you might miss a good job opportunity. As… Read More Geek Reading June 11, 2015
Seth Godin leads our day with an excellent article on control and resilience. My other favorites for today are in the development section. The first comes from Steven Lott, and he wonders about people that wait to write “serious code”. On benjaminFRY, he talks about software engineers being lazy, but the discussion is really around… Read More Geek Reading June 10, 2015
Recently, Google had their I/O conference and had tons of good news. Yesterday, Apple had their WWDC and they lead our stories for today. First, Apple announced that developers will now be able to tap into Spotlight. Next, they revealed “Proactive Assistant”, the next generation of Siri and the competitor to Google Now. Lastly, they… Read More Geek Reading June 9, 2015
Today we lead with another data breach, this time The Next Web reports about a breach at the US government. Details are still a bit sketchy, but they are talking about 4 million federal employees over several years. Both Sides of the Table continues the recent batch of great funding articles as he takes a… Read More Geek Reading June 8, 2015
Plenty of good articles today, but we are going to focus on security. On Threatpost, they discuss how a kids toy can be used to open fixed-code garage doors in 10 seconds. Granted, the toy is “enhanced” a bit, but it goes to show how easy it is to crack some things. Sakurity reports on… Read More Geek Reading June 5, 2015
Fairly slow news day, so today we have an odd selection of articles. Every job has its issues, but we tend to overlook some due to salary or benefits. DaedTech takes an interesting look at this in his post, “Career Advancement for the Low Price of Your Soul”. Martin Fowler talks about how microservices may… Read More Geek Reading June 4, 2015
Today’s articles are lead by all things job related. On Both Side of the table, they discuss what leadership entails and how it differs with different teams and people. On Feld Thoughts, Brad Feld talks about convertible notes for startups, their terms and whether they are pre-money or post-money. It is a very good read… Read More Geek Reading June 3, 2015
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