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Issue #310  (Salary Heatmap for U.S. Engineers) 01/20/25

Tools & Apps

Coverse — A digital workplace that brings all your cloud documents to one place where you can organize team collaboration with comments and tasks and enhance the process with Al automation.

Startboard — A better start page for your browser that takes a new approach by integrating a quick and clean way to access the places on the internet you use most.

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Kando — A cross-platform pie menu for your desktop that offers an unconventional, fast, highly efficient, and fun way of interacting with your computer.

SlimTemplate — A simple résumé builder that includes example professional résumés that are optimized to pass through applicant tracking systems and your résumés are editable on desktop or mobile.

CalendarPlusAI — A platform that enables you to write down a goal, describe it, and let AI create a fully customized calendar that you can export to your calendar app, as a PDF, or get it via daily newsletter.

Buzee — A native Mac or Windows app that adds effortless document search that improves on your computer's built-in search functionality with speed, security (it's local only) and relevance.

Articles & Resources

Laid Off for the First Time in My Career, and Twice on One Year — In the current work climate, this is something many of us will be able to relate to, which includes some advice on spotting when a layoff might be coming.

How Exercise May be the ‘Most Potent Medical Intervention Ever Known’ — A 7-minute video or audio interview, with transcript, with a professor of cardiovascular medicine and genetics at Stanford University.

Parkinson's Law: It's Real, So Use It — From the Substack of a Shopify engineer, published early last year, this post encourages utilizing the well-known principle that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion."

Lysted: Your Ticket Reselling Side Hustle — Looking for a side hustle? Use Lysted to resell event tickets. List once and reach buyers across platforms like StubHub and Ticketmaster. Enjoy automated pricing and quick payouts. It’s a hassle-free way to make extra cash from unused tickets.     sponsor  

How Hard Should Your Employer Work to Retain You? — Lots of advice here that applies to both employers and employees, particularly for employees whose "career is an appreciating, multimillion dollar asset, probably the largest single asset you will ever own."

Lessons from my First Exit — If some of you are in the situation of considering selling a business, the practical lessons here, which include both good and bad, might be educational.

What Excessive Screen Time Does to the Adult Brain — "If you scrolled on your phone in bed for an hour just one morning, the negative impacts would be minimal. But if it becomes a habit, day after day, month after month, this behavior can take a toll."

Suggestions?

Have a suggestion for a productivity-related tool, article, or other resource? Send me a direct message via X (@LouisLazaris) and I’ll consider including it in a future issue.

Stay productive!

Louis
techproductivity.co
@LouisLazaris