career development
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How to Attract Passionate Developers to Your Startup How can startups continue to attract the best and brightest talent—developers, in particular? Although corporations aren’t the “bad guy” they once were, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, and other big players still offer many perks that the average, strapped-for-cash startup simply can't provide. |
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How to Present Your Ideas So They Have the Best Chance of Being Sold Have you ever proposed an important change and those in charge stubbornly refused to back your ideas? Consider whether it was because your proposal was one-sided, misdirected, or poorly packaged. To persuade managers, stakeholders, or customers to support your ideas, keep these points in mind. |
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Teen Creates Global Online Coding Competition for High Schoolers"I had an idea to create a competition for high school students around the world, like me, who want to create something but don’t have a place to do it.” That was the motivation for Ethan Eirinberg, the sixteen-year-old founder of the CreateHS coding competition, which emphasizes—yes—creativity. | 
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How to Be a Likable CoworkerIf you want to succeed at work, likability matters. Being likable is a matter of displaying a positive attitude, having a sense of humor, offering an occasional compliment, expressing empathy, listening, and—of course—being a team player. Read on for tips on being more likable (or less unlikable). |
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To Give a Better Presentation, Don’t Read from Your SlidesWhen giving a presentation, reading the slides verbatim makes you look unprepared, inconsiderate, and unprofessional. And it’s the fastest way to get your audience to stop listening to you. Instead, replace any lengthy text with keywords. Read on for more tips about giving an engaging presentation. |
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How Software and IT Managers Become NobleDo you look at your IT managers as noble? Are you yourself a manager and believe you're not given the credit you deserve? Anuj Magazine shows that by spending more time mentoring, and not just managing, these IT professionals can start leading and following the true path to nobility. | 
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The Pretty and the Ugly Sides of Social Networks When Job HuntingAmong the benefits social networking has brought about is an important one—professional networking. While the avenues these platforms open up can be great, they also have drawbacks. Rajini Padmanaban examines both the pretty and the ugly sides of using social networks when job hunting. | 
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Make Sure You Aren't Killing Your Employees' MoralePoor morale is an energy zapper and leads to lack of cooperation, raw nerves, unproductivity, and, often, the loss of your best employees. But many managers either don't know or don't care that their behavior has a strong—and potentially negative—impact on their employees’ attitude and motivation. |
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