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'For' vs 'With' - usage on the web!

As I searched the web for images to use for my recent post on "I want to work with you, not for you", I search google for "work for us" and for the term "work with us". In the end I chose to use a mo...

I want to work with you, not for you.

What does 'working for someone' mean to me. To me, it means a transaction of employment - between an employer, who pays you for X - and the employee who provides the X. To me , it means almost all th...

Despair - the place between death and defiance

Imagine you couldn’t swim and you fell into a deep pool. As you sped down to the bottom — sinking lower and lower, confused and afraid. Your only hope. To reach the rocky bottom and push back up with ...

Why #Medium is not for me right now

I love the wide group of writers on Medium. I love the writing experience. I love the reading experience. I hate the inflexibility of publishing. - No scheduling, no on-publish triggers to share on...

What the Croods taught me about #Startups.

Know when to use a search party and when to form a kill circle. There is a great scene in the movie The Croods where the following exchange took place between Grug — the father of the neandertal Crood...

Pretend you didn't know me, how would you respond?

If this arrived in your inbox in response to a 'job' ad, how would you respond - if you even bothered to? Hi I'm Mike and I was exploring the interwebs and found a job you posted on [oops] - which su...

The best kept secret for finding top talent

Recently I have been exploring doing some remote Ruby development work, specifically with startups and specifically with startups that interest me. I find it humorous that everyone wants only the bes...

#Startups, do you have a solution looking for a problem?

I'm having a wonderful time being helpful on SoHelpful.me. So many different people - with amazing stories - reaching out to and trusting a complete stranger to help them via experience, learning and...