1. Use linkedin.com to network with your peers. It's a powerful tool. You need contacts, advice, and a peer group devoted to hiring the best and brightest - you'll need advertising for your brand (YOU) and for that I highly recommend linkedin.com

2. Use a variety of sources when solving a problem, try to consider more than the most obvious approach. Hey if someone wants you to help solve a problem it is mostly likely cause it is still broke. Be the GO-TO and work to keep it that way.

3. Keep your resume up to date. It's great to be loyal and career minded, but its far better to be employed. Business is just that: Business. Don't forget it!

4. Learn to become a life-long learner. I keep a healthy library and lab but I use the Internet even more - I don't let a day go by wasted and I'd expect the same from you. My iPhone account does over 100GB of downloads a month and that's only about 1/2 way through the month - and I have to pace myself - sometimes I can burn through that in a few days... I'd suggest you find something out there that interests you similarly. No I don't download movies, games, or music. I'm all business, all the time.

5. Avoid people who tend to say: I can't or You can't... I keep it to "You can't tell me what I can't do just because you probably can't in the first place and there's a reason why I can't tell you"... Seriously... Negativity can destroy quickly. Don't feed it. Keep it positive and don whatever comes natural.

Darby Weaver

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Later!