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“I will say that a lot of tension arose from Googler’s expectations that the company’s culture had to be exactly the same as what it was when the company was one fifth the size” Former GOOG & MSFT executive (and multiple time founder) Javier Soltero on Career Advice, Big Company Culture, and Startup Hiring Tips

Hunter Walk

It was our first time outside of DMs, emails, texts, and we learned a lot more about one another. JS: The most general yet useful bit of career advice I often give is for people to look at the progression of their career as a story, and do their best to make the story compelling. Do they ever really know what they’re getting into?

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Will Zoom Apps be the next hot startup platform?

TechCrunch

While the pandemic will come to an end, we have learned enough about remote work that the need for tools like Zoom will remain long after we get the all-clear to return to schools and offices. He says that the Zoom Apps development toolset has been designed with flexibility to allow developers to build applications the way that they want.

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More Inclusion? Yes, Please! Introducing MyEO LGBTQ+

Entrepreneurs' Organization

JS/ I’ve been an EO member for years and was honored to be invited to participate in the Global Leadership Academy in November 2017, a five-day immersive program in Washington, D.C. The learning we experienced was incredible, insightful and deep, inspiring each of us to further our paths of leadership within EO.

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Jack Selby of Thiel Capital is using a new VC fund to invest in Arizona startups

TechCrunch

We talked earlier today with Selby — who was calling from the Milken Institute summit in Abu Dhabi and planning to attend the last Formula One race of the season afterward — to learn more about why that is. JS: My father worked for a “MadMen” era advertising firm called J. How did that happen?

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Reducing Page Load Times by 90%

Tomasz Tunguz

At Google, I learned page load time is highly correlated to engagement metrics including bounce rate and time on site. Also, I compress JS and CSS during the build process through their platform. Over the last month, I’ve been modernizing this site with one goal in mind: speed. I’ve been focused on it ever since.

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How to learn JavaScript

Derek Sivers

Since I’ve mentioned that I recently learned JavaScript, people have asked me how and what I recommend. Learn plain JavaScript. First, it’s important to learn plain JavaScript. Don’t just learn from little bits of tutorials, tips, or tricks online. Then all your future learning will be so much faster. How to begin.

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Spending $280k on MicroAcquire

Entrepreneur's Handbook

link] In this post I am going to break down everything I learned along the way and what my experience was like. If wanna learn more follow Andrew on Twitter. I tell you this because I have learned that I love attempting to juggle multiple things at once. Here is what I learned while talking to Derek. Here we go.

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