If you use LinkedIn and would like a connection from a professional career coach, don’t pass up this offer from David V. Lorenzo, author of the excellent book Career Intensity.
Via: Career Intensity Blog – Please Link to Me
Well I went back and updated my LinkedIn profile that I originally created early in 2006. To my surprise, there were several people in my own department at work with profiles on LinkedIn – two of them managers! Pretty cool.
So now that’s as current as it can get at this time. You can view my profile at the link below.
Technorati tags: LinkedInContrary to some opinions in the office I work in, there is definitely an uptick in not only the economy, but in the IT industry in general. 
Business expansion and increasing investments in technology were the drivers behind the overall salary increases, Katherine Spencer Lee, executive director of Robert Half Technology, said. “To attract top candidates, many companies are raising compensation levels for new hires to ensure their salaries remain competitive with their local markets.”
Read more at TechWeb below.
Via: TechWeb – IT Salaries Are On The Way Up
One of the blogs I read often is Kathy Sierra’s Creating Passionate Users blog. There are so many great posts there that address many daily topics in the workplace, and once in awhile I find one that I need to link to.
So, this post from Oct. 6th, really hit home. Many of us have worked in an environment that does exactly what she describes in this post. Its amazing in a way that managers don’t see what they create with a number (not all) of their management practices.
Anyway, great post that I highly recommend reading.
Source: Creating Passionate Users – Knocking the exuberance out of employees
Look out, Gartner is stating the obvious again!
Of course, it occurred to me that on this topic, Gartner is not talking to people who understand the consumerization of IT. This is happening, and traditional IT folks, yes including us Microsoft/Linux/Apple junkies, don’t see it coming.
For myself though, all I get from news articles of Gartner is the same opinion: Isn’t this obvious enough?
Link to Gartner: Consumer Tech Is Next Wave of Enterprise IT
@MAC_Arms Pay taxes when you make your money, pay taxes when you spend your money, pay taxes when you successfully invest your money, pay taxes when you save enough taxed money to afford a house, pay taxes to live in your house, pay taxes when you sell the house that you paid taxes on to
Yup, taxes are criminal and we need serious reforms. I've always said that if you want to see a tax revolt, make withholdings illegal and have Americans write a tax check every payday. They'll revolt for sure. You don't miss what you never had.
I think it’s safe to say that @GovEvers should stop blocking audits in Wisconsin and open the books…
“Only AMERICAN citizens should vote.”
Sen. @berniemoreno says voter ID and proof of citizenship are simply common sense.
“We’re talking about a very low threshold — identify who you are and prove you’re a U.S. citizen when you register to vote. I think we’re getting closer to
Wrong. Democrats are solely responsible for hours-long airport lines.
They voted to defund TSA three times and won’t even entertain a conversation about reopening it. Why?
They’re using it as leverage to stop enforcing immigration laws.
