March 2011
1 post
Finding time to interview
When looking for a job while working, one of the biggest challenges job seekers face is finding the time to schedule an interview during the work day. The plain truth is that most of the time employers are going to conduct interviews during the work day, when everyone on the “team” is around. If you are the type of person that prides themselves on never being late or leaving early,...
February 2011
1 post
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“Hire When It Hurts”: A training metaphor?
My interest was recently piqued by a phrase I came across in “Rework” by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson.
To understand more precisely what the ‘hire when it hurts’ principle means to your business, think of a training metaphor. It is important to first distinguish ‘discomfort’ from hurt. Most who have trained for an endurance event or pushed themselves in the gym will...
January 2011
2 posts
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WTF is with WPF: How to get a cool job at a Hedge...
A question that I get a lot from creative minded developers, is “How do I get a job at one of those Hedge Funds, that pay those BIG bonuses?” Sadly for a long time the answer was either go back to school for four years and study finance or learn to get excited by endless hours of SQL, VBA and Excel…..No thanks.
Recently however a lot of hedge funds have been hiring creative...
Hello World!
This is the first post of the XL Projects Inc. blog powered by Tumblr! Let’s see if the setup works! Stay tuned!
from Xavier Lozinguez - CTO at XL Projects Inc.