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Showcase Your Abilities With a Blog

July 27, 2010 Chapter 2

Chapter 2 – Market Yourself Into A Remote Job Being a superstar developer is much more than being a strong coder. A blog gives you a forum to show your other skills. It also lets you tap into the enormous network of tools and search capabilities available in the blogosphere. Programming isn’t just finding solutions; [...]

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Book Review: Good Boss, Bad Boss

July 10, 2010 Uncategorized

I’m taking a moment out of The One Minute Commute to write a review of the new book Good Boss, Bad Boss by Robert Sutton. The One Minute Commute will resume on Tuesday. Being the boss is such a terrifying idea that I avoided it for years. I threw career advancement to the wind and [...]

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Keep Your Relationships Going

June 29, 2010 Uncategorized

Chapter 2 – Market Yourself Into A Remote Job When you meet someone and get them interested in you they become part of your personal network. If you go long enough without contacting them they will leave your network. Facebook and LinkedIn are dedicated to helping you solve this problem. An email every now and [...]

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Cultivate Relationships

June 24, 2010 Uncategorized

Chapter 2 – Market Yourself Into A Remote Job You aren’t going to meet everyone you need to in your office or online. Go more places where engineers congregate. Travel. Go to conferences and training programs and get to know people while you are there. Talk about yourself and learn more about them. Every single [...]

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The One Minute Commute Release – May 25th

May 10, 2010 Uncategorized

The One Minute Commute eBook will be released on May 25, 2010. The entire book will be available on this blog and you’ll get a new section every Tuesday and Thursday for about one year. When it’s all done I’ll publish the entire book as a free PDF. The One Minute Commute presents an easy-to-understand [...]

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