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How to Use Artificial Intelligence to Build a Stronger Business Network
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A strong business network has always been essential for entrepreneurial success.Image sourceWhile some may argue that social media and other tech has made our society less connected on a personal level than in the past, studies have actually found that social media doesn’t decrease someone’s likelihood of participating in face-to-face interactions with their peers.For many people — myself included — social media serves as a helpful supplement to real-life relationships. In many ways the same is true of the relationship between #ai and business networks. Tech is allowing people to do more with their relationships than was possible in the past.Artificial intelligence can do much more than change our media landscape or automate certain business tasks; it could also be the key to unlocking the full (...)

#business-networking #artificial-intelligence #networking #professional-development

Developers deserve endorsement deals, too
▻https://hackernoon.com/developers-deserve-endorsement-deals-too-602f048771c?source=rss----3a814

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They cut the lights.That 90s stadium jam blares over the intercom.The office mascot starts break-dancing in the conference room.“And now…..leading today’s daily standup……..it’s the backend developer in the corner with all those bobbleheads and weird sci-fi characters on his desk!!!!”That’s what it’s like when you go to work, right? Well, it should be.I was talking with a good friend recently and he mentioned that developers were a lot like athletes. We have marketable skills, amazing potential, and it seems we are in very high demand. Maybe we don’t appear on as many cereal boxes and highlight reels, but the glory is there all the same.It seems everywhere you read, companies are scrambling to fill their positions. It’s nothing new, really. For the last few decades, software has shaped our daily (...)

#development #professional-development #compensation #testimonials #endorsement-deals

How To Speak Up And Ask For Support From People Who Are In Positions of Authority
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Photo by Charles DeluvioThere’s a lot going in our world that is frustrating and heartbreaking, which is why I love how in the last episode of Build, Melinda Briana Epler ended on such a positive note:“I firmly believe that if we change tech, we can change the world, because tech is so much a part of the world, and it’s increasingly so. Almost every company is becoming a tech company, and we have the power to really make a difference, whether it’s in your startup, whether it’s in your team, whether it’s in your company, whether it’s in tech as a whole, the entire industry. If you can affect change in any one of those areas, even if it’s you becoming a successful entrepreneur, that in itself, as an underrepresented entrepreneur, that can make a big difference.”I know it’s easier said than (...)

#diversity-and-inclusion #women-in-tech #professional-development #diversity #public-speaking