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A Case Study in Workflows and Productivity: Chuck Grimmett
Hannah Frankman took notes and did a great write-up of a live productivity workshop I did for the Praxis participants. Here it is.
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At Makerpad.co: How Crash fortifies its engineering team with no code tools
I wrote a story for Makerpad.co about how and why Crash uses no-code tools even though we have an engineering team who does custom work. Spoiler: It allows us to ship tests and new features faster!
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100 Ways to Work Out Loud
A lot of people say they want to get paid to do what they love, but the things they love aren’t things that earn a living. Nonsense Until you’ve done at least all the items on this list in pursuit of that passion, I don’t believe that you’ve tried and can’t make money on it.
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Praxis Daily – Happiness Requires Action
Happiness isn’t our natural state, and that is okay. You just have to take deliberate steps to get there.
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Praxis Daily Video – Compound effects on your career (Part 1)
Why you need to stick it out in one position for two years.
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Compound Your Career Opportunities
You know about how compound interest grows your wealth. Let’s apply that to your career.
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Praxis Daily – Building a Personal Brand
Ways to build your personal brand, featuring examples from the Praxis community.
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Portfolio Project Ideas with Python
So, you are learning Python and want to build a portfolio that helps you land your first technical job at a company. Here are some project ideas for building your portfolio.
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10 Ways to Build Your Personal Brand
College degrees don’t send the signals they once used to. You have to take charge of building your personal brand and work out loud instead. Here are ten ways to build your brand.
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Praxis Daily – Clipboard Managers
What if you didn’t have to copy, switch window, paste, switch window, copy, switch window, paste, switch window, copy, switch window, and paste just to copy multiple items? With a clipboard manager, you don’t have to.
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How to Leave Your Job
So you have a job offer from another company and are ready to leave your existing role. You want to leave without burning the social capital you’ve built up over time. What do you do?First, relax. Having that first conversation with your manager is usually nerve wracking, but everything will be okay. Switching jobs is expected, and chances are that your manager has been on both sides of the table before. Follow these guidelines and you’ll be on your way to your new gig in no time.
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12 Tips for New Managers
Praxis alumni Nate Baker and Nick Rundlett both became new managers this month. Congrats, guys! Nate asked the community for tips on how to be a good supervisor. Here is what our advisors and alumni had to say.
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16 Books That Shaped How I Interact with the World
Yesterday my friend Derek Magill asked the Praxis community about the books that have had the most impact on their career/education. I love this question. Notice the use of the word impact. He isn’t asking for your favorite books, the books you recommend on a specific subject, or the books you agree with the most. He is asking for the books that have had a significant on your education. Books that influenced and changed the way you think and interact with the world. Here is my list, in order of when I read them. I explain what impact they had on my education and how that shifted the way I interact with the world.
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How to send custom conversion events back to Facebook advertising with ConvertFlow
I made a video that shows you how to send custom conversion events to Facebook whenever a visitor, lead or customer engages with one of your website’s calls-to-action – all without having to touch your website’s code. It was featured on the ConvertFlow blog!
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How to Get Your GitHub Profile Ready For Job Applications
If you are going out for a development job or any sort of technical job, especially if you don’t have a lot of professional experience in the field, the best thing you can do is put some of your work on display. GitHub is the most popular place to do that. Here are the guidelines we give our technically skilled participants at Praxis for getting their GitHub accounts ready for their apprenticeship applications and interviews.
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How to Get Work Done: A Primer
Here are the three pillars of getting work done. If you are having trouble with staying on top of your work, chances are that it comes back to one of these three main areas. This is common advice for our participants as they complete their challenging apprenticeships at growing startups.
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Three Recent Participant Projects I Love
We have a big focus on projects (learning by doing!) at Praxis. Here are three recent participant projects I love and what the projects signaled.
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Compared to What?
People often compare actual things with imagined, perfect, idealized alternatives. Asking Compared to what? helps you frame your decisions in relation to the relevant alternatives and ground them in reality.
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Guidelines for Putting Your Projects on Display
We emphasize the importance of working out loud throughout our curriculum. Each of our participants make portfolio sections on their websites where they collect projects they’ve built. How you package and present your projects matter as much as the projects themselves! Here are some general guidelines for what makes a good project write up.
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Turn Your Defeat Into a Growth Story
How do you address being fired when asked in an interview? Turn it into a growth story.