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		<title>One description of &#8220;teamwork&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 02:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
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		<title>Technical sales: an engineer&#8217;s view of the sales call</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[D, a friend of mine that I attended engineering school with (sometime last century), surprised me the other day by admitting that he had seen my recent blog post  about engineers and technical career paths. Here&#8217;s what he went on &#8230; <a href="http://timragan.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/technical-sales-an-engineers-view-of-the-sales-call/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timragan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19458612&#038;post=1599&#038;subd=timragan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your career: can you think like a start-up?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 21:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read a short book review in the Economist recently for Reid Hoffman&#8217;s (founder of LinkedIn) and Ben Casnocha&#8217;s new book &#8220;The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career&#8221;. While I haven&#8217;t read &#8230; <a href="http://timragan.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/your-career-can-you-think-like-a-start-up/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timragan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19458612&#038;post=1597&#038;subd=timragan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Yahoo! board: Jonathan Swift would be chuckling&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhat unbelievably, Yahoo! has now cycled through their 4th full time CEO in less than 5 years, which if not a record for a Fortune 1000 company must certainly be up there in the top rankings. While it has been &#8230; <a href="http://timragan.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/the-yahoo-board-jonathan-swift-would-be-proud/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timragan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19458612&#038;post=1529&#038;subd=timragan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Career path choices for geeks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Came across this great little cartoon in a Minitab blog post; the blog post itself didn&#8217;t really catch my fancy, however I loved the little cartoon that came with the post.  In my experience large technology companies (which often can &#8230; <a href="http://timragan.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/career-path-choices-for-geeks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timragan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19458612&#038;post=1526&#038;subd=timragan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How you end up doing things you hate&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://timragan.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/how-you-end-up-doing-things-you-hate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 13:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taken from Jessica Hagy, contributor to Forbes. Read her full (short) article &#8220;The 6 Enemies of Greatness (and Happiness). Thanks, Jessica! Filed under: Career management, Employment, Passion @ work<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timragan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19458612&#038;post=1521&#038;subd=timragan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fueling the illusion of choice</title>
		<link>http://timragan.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/fueling-the-illusion-of-choice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business models]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this great chart in one of the many email newsletters I subscribe to &#8212; I think it does a wonderful job of showing how we as consumers in many markets really face only the &#8220;illusion&#8221; of choice &#8230; <a href="http://timragan.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/fueling-the-illusion-of-choice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timragan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19458612&#038;post=1459&#038;subd=timragan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Real leadership lessons from Steve Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing really new to add to the massive number of articles and tributes written about Steve Jobs, however I just got a chance to re-read and ponder this great HBR blog post by Walter Isaacson, who of course wrote the &#8230; <a href="http://timragan.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/real-leadership-lessons-from-steve-jobs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timragan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19458612&#038;post=1403&#038;subd=timragan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is your current job count?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting infographic. The big take-away for me is at the bottom of the chart: &#8220;Half of all new college graduates believe that self-employment is more secure than a full-time job&#8230;&#8221; Thank goodness for that, as these people will be &#8230; <a href="http://timragan.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/what-is-your-current-job-count/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timragan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19458612&#038;post=1396&#038;subd=timragan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye Darth Vader. We never really knew you.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ragan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hot on the heels of the now somewhat famous op-ed/resignation letter  written by Greg Smith (late of Goldman Sachs) in the New York Times, is a satirical resignation letter from Darth Vader, directed to the Emperor.  In the real world, &#8230; <a href="http://timragan.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/goodbye-darth-vader-we-never-really-knew-you/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timragan.wordpress.com&#038;blog=19458612&#038;post=1327&#038;subd=timragan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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