Category Archives: Career

The Best Career Advice You’ll Ever Get

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Derek

The Huffington Post just posted an interview with Marissa Mayer (“Google Exec Marissa Mayer Explains Why There Aren’t More Girl Geeks”) in which she explained why she chose Google over 13 other companies she had job offers from out of … Continue reading →

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Planting Seeds

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Derek

6 years and 6 months ago I was a recent college grad, unemployed, and recently fired from my computer sales job. I was horrible at sales. Not because I’m not social and can’t communicate, but because I always viewed myself … Continue reading →

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Joining YUI

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Derek

It seems like just yesterday I accepted a position with Yahoo and began a new adventure. These last 18 months have been an incredibly exciting time in my life, and am very thankful to have been given the opportunity. I … Continue reading →

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On: The Engineer

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Derek

(Most of this post was written a few months ago and for whatever reason it has been sitting in “draft” status for a while. Figured it was time to finish it up and publish) According to Wikipedia: “Engineering is the … Continue reading →

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Return to Sunnyvale

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Derek

So right now I’m sitting in a booth on the Yahoo! campus, the same booth where I set a goal 20 months ago that one day I’d work for Yahoo! and…. [Wavy distorted omg we’re going into a flashback. Begin … Continue reading →

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Last Day

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Derek

It’s my last day at Catholic Content. It’s been a great 3 year ride and is certainly going out with a bang. When we started planning for NCYC 2009 (National Catholic Youth Conference) 18 months ago, I never would have … Continue reading →

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I’m a Yahoo!

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Derek

When I attended Yahoo’s HackDay ’08 at their Sunnyvale headquarters, I was so impressed with the people, the event, the technology, and the culture at Yahoo, that I made working for Yahoo one of my career goals. Well, it came … Continue reading →

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