Careers and work: what operators said this week

What people are saying about careers and work right now. The 12 strongest moments from named speakers, word for word, each playable from the second it was said. Updated .

“So I'll put, hey, and also put, I love you at the end of, at the end of your resume. So I know you read the job post.”
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Eric Coffey
Govcon Giants ·
Why it worked Share this moment
“I just called people up and said, I'm not asking for a job. I just want to understand what your career journey has been… It took me about eight months.”
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James Andersen
Buyers and Builders ·
How they work 8 months Share this moment
Another view · “Let them go, don’t hold them back… you don’t have to wait until eight, nine, ten months… let them do it” Mr. Donald Savoy on Thoughts of A Dog Man · Listen
“My very, very first opportunity when I won my first subcontract was through Indeed. The person had posted a job request on Indeed, and I answered it, and I got the job.”
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Eric Coffey
Govcon Giants ·
Growth tactic $6,000 contract; $50-75 per hour rates mentioned Share this moment
Another view · “It may also mean buying an investment grade property in an established capital city market, while others are being distracted by the short-term headlines.” Michael Yardney on Property Investment & Wealth Creation Australia | The Michael Yardney Podcast · Listen
“If this person applied for this job today, knowing everything I know now, would I hire them? And if the answer's no, then you know what the decision is that you need to make.”
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Chrissy Myers
Level Up Claims ·
Why it worked Share this moment
Another view · “I have an FU number. ... it's that number where you think, that’s everything for me. I’m done. I’d pack it in today.” Karen Ely on Australian Investors Podcast · Listen
“We have usually hundreds of terabytes of hard drives on a job site now… using computer vision to turn it into an ongoing data stream, not just of pixels, but of events, activities”
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Chris Bayes
Digital Builder ·
Why it worked hundreds of terabytes of video per job site Share this moment
Another view · “If you have a supermarket with one camera, theft may increase in other aisles… the same effect occurs city-wide with cameras.” Ben Jordan on Decoder with Nilay Patel · Listen
“In fact, 75.5% of former interns who convert to full-time jobs are still with their employer after one year, compared with just 51.5% of other hires.”
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Maddie Herring
The Iced Coffee Hour ·
Hard number 75.5% of former interns who convert to full-time jobs are still with t… Share this moment
“We tested, OK, let's have humans provide inputs upfront on some context elements that the AI cannot have access to. And then let's let the AI do the job that we got the best results”
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Vincien Borchene
The So What from BCG ·
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“I took it full-time after saving $100,000 at age 25, which was the origin story of her first 100K. I was on Good Morning America, quit my job three weeks later”
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Tori Dunlap
Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha: Entrepreneurship and Self-Improvement Podcast ·
How they work $100,000 saved, quit 3 weeks after GMA appearance Share this moment
“I used to tell people, my job is to sit in meetings 12 hours a day, five days a week. I worked on the weekend too. So I worked 63 hours a week.”
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Eric Schmidt
In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen ·
How they work 12 hrs meetings per day, 63 hrs week Share this moment
“You've got to put a cover crop out there that has grass in it. So whether it's wheat, it's rye, it's oats, it's barley, any of them are going to do that job.”
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Wheat Pete
Podcasts - RealAgriculture ·
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“If I were building an agent from scratch, I wouldn't start by saying, let's remember everything. I would start with the job the agent is expected to perform, and I would work backwards from that.”
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Sowjanya Pandruju
Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers ·
How they work Share this moment
“The two-thirds, or maybe 70%, either founded their business or bought one and grew it later in their careers.”
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Eric Swick
Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing ·
Hard number about 70% founded or bought their business; the rest inherited Share this moment

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