Archives: March 2018

How to Get Work Done: A Primer

March 11, 2018 - Category: Praxis

Here are the three pillars of getting work done. If you are having trouble with staying on top of your work, chances are that it comes back to one of these three main areas.

This is common advice for our participants as they complete their challenging apprenticeships at growing startups.

How to Get Your GitHub Profile Ready For Job Applications

March 28, 2018 - Category: Praxis

If you are going out for a development job or any sort of technical job, especially if you don’t have a lot of professional experience in the field, the best thing you can do is put some of your work on display. GitHub is the most popular place to do that.

Here are the guidelines we give our technically skilled participants at Praxis for getting their GitHub accounts ready for their apprenticeship applications and interviews.

A letter to David Hogg: You are better than college

March 30, 2018 - Tags: David Hogg

Hey David Hogg, don't sweat the college rejections. You don't need college. You have skills that you can put to use and improve instead of wasting four years in class. Take the gap year you are thinking about and don't look back.

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