Issue #11 (Slack is Not Where Deep Work Happens) 04/29/19
Interesting question asked on Hacker News: Do Udacity nanodegrees get anyone a job without academic background?
A great question, especially because these "nanodegrees" can be fairly easy and cheap to obtain. Some feel it's best to not even mention on a resume that you have such a degree and merely go with the actual technical knowledge. I think that makes a lot of sense.
There are lots of things in my current resume that I have never learned in a formal setting, nor have I even used in a professional environment, but I'd feel technically adept at doing them anyhow. So I'd be comfortable listing those as skills without mentioning necessarily how I learned them. If it comes up, I wouldn't shy away from telling the truth, but it might not be something I'd want to bring up on my own.
That being said, here's another take from one answer in the thread:
"I find it impressive when I see applicants that have completed online courses. It takes a lot of discipline to self study."
Very true, so that's another factor to consider.
Now on to this week's hand-picked productivity links!
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Office Hours - A scheduling app that, in real time, easily lets your network know that you’re free to accept calls. And lets you easily find out who in your network is free to accept a call from you.
Angstrom - Project management for solo-founders, indie hackers and digital nomads.
Docsumo - Automate document data extraction and validation. Save time and money by eliminating data entry and manual steps by 95%.
Sidedoor - Job/recruitment platform that lets you skip recruiters and talk directly to engineers at top tech companies and get referred.
Readsmart - Manage and revisit all your Kindle reader highlights in one place.
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Louis
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