For our final interview of Season 1 of Remotely Prepared, we were fortunate to sit down with Stacy Cassio – Founder & CEO of the Pink Mentor Network. It was a great interview and a perfect note to end the season on as Stacy talks about her experiences in growing her mentorship company on a remote scale. There is a ton of great information in it, so if you haven’t had a chance to listen…
When we don’t know how to do something, it’s a good idea to ask for help. When we then see how hard or complicated the task is. We get this bubbled need inside of us to ask the person teaching us – “are you able to do this?” There are a ton of excuses we throw out; This is above my paygrade.This will prevent me from finishing my other tasks.It will take me longer than…
There is nothing worse than having a train of thought in a meeting that you are trying desperately to get through only to have someone interrupt and say any of the following; One second, there is someone at the door.I can’t hear you, can you hear me?I couldn’t hear that last part.Hold on, my eggs are burning Such is the world of online meetings (and that last one is legit, happened in a meeting). We…
The amount of meetings you used to have, were constrained by the physical limitations around you. Startups are, generally, in smaller places, so they start off with smaller and less meetings. They simply can’t have meetings all the time because if they did, they’d be having them on Tim’s desk or besides Sales when they are on a call. Instead they are informal. When a startup gets a dedicated meeting room, meetings ramp up and…
I’ve tried everything when it comes to interviews for developers. What I’ve found over the last few years as to what sticks and what really shows me what you know that you are doing? Is for you to talk. I want to hear you talk about applications you built. I want to hear you say what went right and what went wrong. I want to hear what you would change. I want to know why…