What I Learned - 7 & 8

With PAX Prime taking up a bunch of time, this week's What I Learned covers 14 days!

What I Learned - 8/25 to 9/7

1. A super-majority of companies hire by values to preserve their internal corporate culture.
1. Alex Churchill; How One Recruiter Hires for Digital Entertainment
2. When constructing answers to the "What's your weakness" question, it is safe to have +3 examples of a weakness followed-up by improvement opportunities.
1. ConsultingForRookies; How to Answer the What are Your Weaknesses Interview Question
3. If a picture from Photoshop needs to be in PDF format, saving the file where the options "Do Not Downsample" and "Zip" for compression are selected will lead to a very nice end result.
1. Meghan; Discussing Business Cards at Anders Printing
4. When designing how to spend a night with party goers, follow some group that you know; they provide excellent contacts and take-a-break partners for when mingling with strangers gets tiring.
1. Partying with Enforcer volunteers post-PAX
5. There are a plethora of standards that Riot Games uses to judge, evaluate, and accept as applications when an applicant submits to a Riot position.
1. Kelly Raila; Cover Letter & Resume Facts
6. For whatever is posted for the requirements on a job, reading between the lines and answering how best you excel-by-example at that task or trait is a must.
1. Vladimir Cole; Comment on a post in Inside Riot Games: the People, the Game, the Opportunities
7. The naysayer in a crowd of fans will get the most notice.
1. DeeJ; Bungie's Sunday meetup with fans at PAX Prime
8. THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE A FRAKKING GREAT STORY OF LOVE, LOSS, AND TIME-TRAVEL.
1. Puella Magi Madoka Magica; Episode 10 – I Won't Rely On Anyone Anymore

P.S.  That #7 shouldn't be watched until the 9 previous episodes have been viewed; it starts a little slow, but last until episode 3.  Have your assumptions shattered.