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Entries tagged: networking
Transitioning to Tech: Career-Shift Conversations with Ben Parisot
1 Apr 2024
In this series, you’ll learn about the sometimes unspoken criteria that hiring managers look for in a candidate, ways you can ace a technical interview without slogging through algorithm exercises, and the best ways to showcase your experience and knowledge online.
How My Planet Argon Internship Rocketed My Tech Career
7 Mar 2024
Emery joined us from the LEARN Academy Bootcamp and was offered a tech company position before the internship even ended! Check out their inspiring story.
Planet Argon's Upcoming Events and Appearances
28 Feb 2024
Join us or tune in to some of the upcoming events Planet Argon will be a part of in the Ruby on Rails and tech communities.
Recapping the Silicon Forest Tech Connect
15 Nov 2023
Our Engineering Manager, Ben Parisot, visited with local tech folks at Tech Connect in Portland for a fun and inspiring networking event. What was it all about?
10 Best Tech Podcasts in 2022 (as Chosen by the Rails Community)
7 Sep 2022
If you’re looking for new podcasts to help sharpen your coding and development skills, check out our updated 10 Best Tech Podcasts in 2022 (as Chosen by the Rails Community).
Blair Enns on the rise of the New Peer Groups
25 Feb 2016
What many veteran network members might find surprising is the event participants communicate with each other far more than do the members of the traditional networks who’ve known each other for years. And they share – boy do they share! They don’t feel the need to be locked into a long-term network arrangement to solicit and offer feedback. They help strangers and expect to be helped by strangers.
As a member of the Owner Summit / Owner Camp network, I thought this was a fascinating read about the history of industry peer groups. At the moment, it's become one of my best tools in my toolbox.
CreativeMornings June
28 Jun 2013
In my role as a Business Developer at Planet Argon, it’s important to keep connected to Portland’s creative and business community. One of the ways I attempt to gather local intelligence and randomly bump into interesting strangers from other companies, is to regularly attend several of the awesome networking type events around town. There are many to choose from, but this post will focus specifically on CreativeMornings.