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What Are the Most Valuable Lessons to Learn From a First Job? Image: Getty Creative, Thomas Barwick What were the best things you learned in your first job? Answer by Michael Chen, director of media, social and tech investing at Participant Media. My first job was at a management consulting firm. Though I did not particularly enjoy the two years [I spent there], I learned a lot of things that have been helpful as my career has progressed. Below are a few of the main points. Early on, attitude matters as much or more than actual output . No one likes working with a [jerk], even if they are good at the job. If you are truly extraordinary, you can get away with it — but most of us aren't that good at any one thing. Unless you are the CEO, regardless of your job title or job description, your actual job is to make your boss/supervisor's life easier . The sooner you realize it's about them and not you, the smoother things will be. Take perfo
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Wipro to partner with Vellore Institute of Technology to train graduates hired in analytics space (Homegrown IT firms, which…) BANGALORE: Wipro said that it will partner with Vellore Institute of Technology to train its graduates hired this year in analytics space as the Bangalore-based company looks to overcome the shortage of data scientists in the industry. This engagement by the country's third-largest software exporter with VIT also underscores the importance of data analytics and how IT firms are gearing to have the best minds to work in this niche space. "Capturing new opportunities in the digital world hinges on our ability to have the best people in the industry?," said Jeff Heenan-Jalil, Senior Vice President and Global Head, Advanced Technologies & Solutions, Wipro. "This will be achieved by offering the "talent pool" projects which excite and stimulate their intelligent minds. We believe investing in creating
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9 awesome features smartphones still don't have Phones are still missing a few features that would make them even better. This last week we've seen so many phones. So. Many. Phones. From Samsung, HTC, Nokia, Sony, Motorola, and the most talked about smartphone release from Apple is still yet to come. But they're all still missing a few features that would make them even better. These phones have been adorned with impressive screens, upgraded pixels, and inexplicably shaped edges, sure. But what's still on our wish list? We asked you last week, and you responded in droves. Some answers were predictable, some forward thinking, and others flirting with science fiction. But hey, dream big. Better Batteries This tops our list, and was pretty much a universal ask. If you think about what our phones can do now, it seems ludicrous that we still can't eke out a full day on a single charge. Of course battery technology has scaled with smart
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Google's Perks Are So Amazing, Employees Have Found Ways To Secretly Live On Campus And Avoid Paying Rent 47 TWITTER IPO PRICED AT $26 PER SHARE Apple Shares Up More Than 2% As iPhone Announcement Begins Why bother paying rent when you can shower, eat, work-out, do laundry and sleep at your office? Google perks are so good, some employees say they've spent weeks living on campus to avoid paying rent, according to a Quora thread. " Technically, you weren't supposed to live at the office, but people got around that by living in their cars in the parking lot of the office or the Shoreline parking lot," one Googler writes. "[One] guy lived in the camper for 2-3 years. Showered at the gym. Did his laundry on campus. Ate every meal on campus he could. After the 2-3 years, he had saved up enough money to buy a house." Former Google designer Brandon Oxedine says he lived on Google's campus for 3 months in 2013. " I was in a
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Top 10 Most Expensive Watches in the World   1). Cartier Secret Price : $ 2.75 million The watch is made of White Gold made out of 18 carat white gold plated with rhodium. It also shows the 3.53 carat portrait cut diamond which makes it looks glamorous as well as trendy. To make it more luxurious it is covered with 3010 brilliantly cut diamonds. all these features makes it most expensive. 2). Patek Philippe 1953 Heures Universelles Model 2523 Price : $ 2.9 million This watch is the most preferred watch in the community of rich peoples. This watch was auction in the year 2006. It is made up of 18 carat yellow gold. It features a polychrome and enamel dial which resembles the North American continent. It is also included in the list of most expensive watches. 3). Piaget Emperador Temple Price : $ 3.3 million Piaget Emperador Temple was listed in the top 10 luxurious watches. The Piaget Emperador was made up of expensive diamond in which
iPhone 6: 8 Reasons to Buy, 6 Reasons to Wait Do you really need one of Apple's bigger iPhones? These 14 pros and cons should help you decide. Apple just made it a lot harder to pick an iPhone. The company recently introduced not one, but two new iPhones: the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, both of which you can order on September 12, and pick up when they go on sale September 19. But with the iPhone 5c and 5s still formally in the running and price-reduced, that means you now have four iPhones to choose from. What’s more, the spectrum of features keeps growing, making that choice about as involved as it’s ever been. I’m just going to focus on the new iPhones, though if you want to scan our iPhone 5s rundown from last September, Reasons to Buy The return of curves (assuming you like curves) Remember the original iPhone way back when? That thing, you probably forgot, had a half-curved edge (from the back) before Apple