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Sophie Alpert says she has resigned as an engineering manager at Facebook after facing harassment from colleagues regarding her opinion of diversity at the company. Alpert says she has been attacked on anonymous workplace app Blind after criticizing a lack of diversity at Facebook. CNBC (1/17)
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Benefits are top consideration when job hunting A Glassdoor survey finds about 60% of people name benefits as the No. 1 consideration before accepting a job, with health insurance the most important. Other priority benefits are dental insurance, life insurance, retirement plans, sick leave, flexibility, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave and gym discounts. HubSpot (1/17)
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Leaders in other industries can learn from NFL coaches who have managed to build long, successful tenures. These coaches embrace adaptability, collaborate effectively with others and find ways to achieve small advantages while using resources approximately equal to their peers'. Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (1/16)
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How N. Korean hackers breached Chilean ATM network A Redbanc employee in Chile used a work computer to handle a job interview over Skype and, at the direction of interviewers, installed a program that ended up being malware. The "interviewers" were hackers from North Korea, and the malware gave them access to a network of ATMs in Chile. Gizmodo (1/16)
I liked being half-educated; you were so much more surprised at everything when you were ignorant.
Gerald Durrell, naturalist and television presenter
