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30-Year Perspective: Seven Traits of Successful Digital Marketers

Brunner

Thirty years ago, I was working as a software engineer and a systems analyst for an IT consulting company. Much of what we did was custom software development in nature and usually operations related. Continuous Learning Waiting for someone else to figure something out won’t build your personal knowledge base.

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Ideate or Deteriorate – Why Companies Must Learn How To Be Innovative to Achieve Major Growth

Qmarkets

Is innovation a superfluous fad that just won’t go away, or is learning how to be innovative crucial for futureproofing an enterprise? These two yahoo software engineers would go on to become the founders of Whatsapp. So which one is it? Part 1: A Messenger is Born. Harvesting That Resource.