I've dabbled with react.js and node.js, but looking for wider perspectives for full-stack programming.
1. Recommended languages to learn (and why) 2. Teaching resources (online courses, youtube channels, etc.)
Much love.
What do I mean exactly? Looking to see if anyone has had success finding LinkedIn APIs to:
1. Pull profile information such as name, company, work history, education (currently, you can do this as a PDF download, but it requires users to manually do this)
2. Pull company information on their company LinkedIn page such as the 'About' section and website
Has anyone had success finding LinkedIn APIs to do this? If so, what did you have to do to get access?
Thank you!
This could be anything from tech conferences and startup meetups to specialized workshops in fields like AI, biotech, or any other area relevant to what I'm building. My main objective is to understand whether participating in these events can significantly contribute to the growth, networking, and overall success of my project.
To those who have experience in this arena, I'd love to hear about your journey. How effective has attending events that are closely related to your project been for you? Whether it was a tech conference for a software solution, a biotech summit for a health-related invention, or any other specialized gathering, did these events provide value that was distinctly beneficial to your project's advancement? I'm interested in various outcomes, such as:
Networking Opportunities: Can you share how the connections made at these events have influenced your project? Did you find partners, mentors, or investors who significantly impacted your journey?
Learning and Development: Were there particular insights or skills acquired at these events that you directly applied to your project?
Industry Trends and Market Insight: How did exposure to the latest trends and demands at these events inform your project's direction or strategy?
Inspiration and Drive: Did attending these events spark new ideas, bolster your motivation, or validate the path you're on?
Project Visibility / Investors: What impact did this have on your project's visibility and credibility within your industry and did it bring in any possible partners or investors?
I'm aiming to weigh the pros and cons to determine if the investment in time and resources for attending these events is worthwhile. Your experiences and insights could greatly assist in making a more informed decision.
Thank you for taking the time to share your stories and advice!
A buddy of mine had the same issue and wanted to try to do something about it. We did months of research on meetings, which was actually pretty interesting and revealing. Both of us having analytical backgrounds, traced the issue back to a main root cause: unprepared meetings. Call it breaking it down to its first principles. We also realized that many meeting softwares were actually focusing on the wrong problem.
Some interesting stats we found: 65% of meeting owners never prepare. Also, only ~30% of meeting attendees found the meetings they attended impactful, despite ~80% of owners thinking otherwise. A clear gap.
The core issues we identified were:
- Lack of agendas, talking points, and objectives - Excessive participants, often unnecessary - Absence of structure and clear outcomes - No feedback to meeting owners
We tested this finding out ourselves in our meetings by:
- Establishing a single defined objective (i.e. what we want to leave the meeting with hitting) - Articulating thoughtful talking points well ahead of time - Limiting attendees to those with assigned talking points (max 3-4 people per meeting) - Asking for honest meeting feedback from our attendees - Politely declining unnecessary meetings, including 1:1s
The result after only 1-2 weeks: A remarkable 10-hour reduction in weekly meeting load, giving me back an entire workday and eliminating the need for evening and weekend work.
It was pretty wild how well this worked, but the key to keeping it this way was consistency.
We asked our colleagues and friends if they had similar issues with meetings and were astonished how common this was. SOO.. we developed an in-calendar tool that makes meeting preparation as simple as practicably possible. This tool streamlines the creation of crisp, structured agendas with impactful talking points, ensures only necessary people are invited, and makes it easy for attendees to provide feedback to meeting owners --- all of this in less than 2 mins.
**Check it out in action here: https://www.loom.com/share/d241273abef4418597ba3af3ab46e323
To the Hacker News community: Do you also struggle with heavy loads of unproductive meetings? Do you find meeting preparation is the best way to improve bad meetings? What else do you do to help yourself and others with improving unproductive meetings? We're trying to prioritize what features we should build next. We have many ideas, but want some collective input.
Suggestions welcome!
