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by vail130 11y ago
Pretty cool. Do you have any particular use-cases in mind? I could imagine it rolled into a bigger suite of social media management tools for brands. It could help them follow the people who follow them on other channels or something. Not s
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by vail130 11y ago
My sentiments exactly!
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by vail130 11y ago
lordCarbonFiber, that's a really good insight. My main point is that the most intense development of those soft skills happens when learning how to work with new people. After a couple years, if you haven't learned how to work wit
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by vail130 11y ago
strathmeyer, that's a good question. I've never heard of that practice...
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by vail130 11y ago
steve371, it's definitely an opinion piece (by me). My goal is to share a synthesis of my experience, and also promote my startup, Tailspin.
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by vail130 11y ago
jghn, that's a really good point! It's awesome that you've had the opportunity to keep evolving your role at your company.
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by vail130 11y ago
Tailspin is a tech job marketplace, so you're right that it would benefit from churn in the market. The market has plenty of churn, though.
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by vail130 11y ago
A totally valid concern, but I've been at 4 companies in the past 4 years and it hasn't given me any problems :)
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by vail130 11y ago
pshyco, totally agree! It is content marketing, but it's also what I actually believe and based on my own personal experiences (I wrote it).
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by vail130 11y ago
pseingatl, that's a really good point! First, I think ignorance plays into it, in that I did not realize that there really was a contract in effect. Second, trying to fight it felt like a waste of time (the upside was limited and the d
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by vail130 12y ago
Haha, that's true. But I'd also need a lot of capital that I'm willing to risk... I'll check out sx though. Thanks.
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by vail130 12y ago
That looks really cool. I'll have to read more about it. Thanks!
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by vail130 12y ago
Thanks macguyver! I think you bring up a really good point: people do take this type of thing very personally, and react quite negatively if the presentation does not fit their heuristic. I think your insight into presentation is really val
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by vail130 12y ago
Thanks for your insights, pedalpete! It definitely appears to have rubbed people the wrong way. You're right that the name does not imply the "tag line" I had in there. I guess I went for something that would jar people a bit

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