Why Have a Resume?, Startup School 2008 Videos, Innovation, and Legendary Programming Style Tips

Why Bother Having a Resume? - by Seth Godin. It touched a nerve because I’ve noticed that the more I accomplish publicly (i.e., writing articles and code that are not hidden away inside the walls of a corporation), the less I need a resume, and the less I respect the resume as a tool to communicate a person’s achievements. I haven’t updated mine since 2004. Someone asked for my resume the other day and I was insulted. It feels like an antiquated way of evaluating my accomplishments, when my real accomplishments are far more important than whom I worked for at what time. The things you do that don’t take front and center in a resume are the ones that set you apart.

Videos from Startup School 2008 - Paul Graham, Mike Arrington, Jeff Bezos, Mark Andreessen…’nuff said.

Pixar’s Brad Bird on Fostering Innovation - these lessons transfer directly to software development.

The Myths of Innovation - an entertaining video lecture by Scott Berkun.

Brian Kernighan’s Programming Style Tips - via Matt Youell.

Chris Anderson on “Free” - Nokia World 2007 Keynote in which Chris Anderson explores what it means when things like disk storage and computing power become free.

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