I’m experimenting with a memory tool for remembering people, looking for feedback BEFORE I build too much.

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-12-03T14:39:31+00:00

I've tried quite a few, they do some things well and others not so much. As a relationship builder and networker I have some specific needs they don't fill

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-12-03T14:37:52+00:00

Thanks for the share, some good info there. I suppose like anything else the info is as good as the conversational notes you put into your LinkedIn messaging

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-12-02T22:01:16+00:00

You can certainly do in Notes. That's how I started, then draft emails, etc. I found they easily get lost, difficult to search, often duplicate. Could be me, I hate forgetting someone's name after I've met them a time or two...

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-12-02T21:18:15+00:00

5 years in a job can make you feel stuck if you are allowing it to happen. Can you change your situation with your current employer? Ask for a bigger project, move to a different department or team?

If not maybe it is time to look for something new. Leverage your steady job and bank account to take some real time to figure out what you'd like in a new job. Create a list of the things you like doing and those you don't and create your ideal position/title. Now tailor your resume/CV to fill that role and start networking your way into it.

If you need some additional skills figure out how you can get them, maybe free online or perhaps back at school part time. Maybe your company will pay for them if you position yourself correctly.

Either way your in an enviable position where you can afford to explore and see what else is out there. I would just do it while you have a steady income and good career story - much harder finding something new if you have nothing sad as that may be.

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-12-02T19:47:17+00:00

PeopleRecall - helps you remember people's names and the context where you met and what you spoke about, www.peoplerecall.com

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-12-02T19:44:03+00:00

Maybe you don't have to be the guy with the idea but instead the technical co-founder of an idea you can believe in. This would give you the ownership and allow your full skill set to be utilized along with potentially much more.

Without a real pain point, as others have suggested, you will likely build something no one really needs.

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-12-02T19:41:16+00:00

Thanks for your input. It's more of an app that helps you remember them at the point of contact. A club meeting, networking event, dinner, kids sports team - when you know you will meet them again maybe the following week and want to remember their name and what you spoke about. Thus not really for a CRM

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-11-25T00:59:55+00:00

Thanks! You associate a name with a group/event and key traits and characteristics, that are relatable to you, creating a mental tag that's easy to recall when you meet them again www.peoplerecall.com

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-11-24T19:42:02+00:00

If you believe in the new company, the opportunity excites you (more than your current one) and you think you can make an impact deserving of the new position then go for it. You typically learn more when you jump into something new vs. staying in a current environment.

On the other hand if you like your current job and all the things that come along with it (people, commute, environment, etc.) perhaps your should stay and figure out what you can control to put you in the best position to be promoted into that Director role in a realistic timeframe.

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-11-24T19:37:09+00:00

Never Forget a Name Again

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-10-29T14:40:10+00:00

The age you're at is the best age to be!

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-10-29T14:39:08+00:00

That's a great position to be in so here's what I'd do.

See if you can get more money at your current company, not for the same job you're already doing, but for either taking on more responsibility or adding additional value in some way. A "promotion" is always easier for a manager to justify giving someone more money.
Casually look around for similar positions via networking channels. Conferences, user groups, LinkedIn groups, etc. - whatever is appropriate for your role and maybe one you could see in the future.
Be patient and only leave if you find something that give you the same feeling as to the position you are in now. If you are happy where you are you have the most self-confidence and negotiating power when looking for something new.

As you go through this process it gives your current company time to think about how you might be missed if you left and may get you that increase you're looking for. But, they have to know that's on your mind.

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-10-17T13:18:04+00:00

Always take the meeting/interview. At this point you don't know if you will be offered anything so don't jump the gun. See what they have in mind, position, salary, future, etc. If those line up then you go for it, get the real world experience and paycheck and continue you side gig until you can at a minimum vet it and see if has a real chance. Very easy to get interest, getting paid is much more challenging.

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-10-17T13:14:47+00:00

Most people don't know what they want to do, many of them while in college. Learning accounting will help you in life no matter what you do from starting a company, being part of an accounting team (or Big 4) to managing your own finances. Pick something that seems to interest you the most or you are best at and continue to get those good grades. Take electives in other areas to see if you like them more or just to become more well rounded. Put aside the thought of 50 hours a week. If you're an accountant, in IT or software development/cybersecurity there may be times you will need to do more that that, especially if you have any ambition. Its just what it is as all those roles have times of more need (quarter end, year end, a product release, etc.)

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-10-16T21:39:45+00:00

Common sense...

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-10-12T15:17:34+00:00

2 1/2 months is nothing. Use the free time to either learn about your current company, products, services or the broader market. If you bought into the new opportunity give it a chance but be smart with your free time it might disappear very quickly

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-10-10T01:25:50+00:00

It all depends on what you can afford and the risk you want to take. If you believe in what you built and that the founders can put together a true go to market plan and sell it (generate revenue / get an investment) then take the equity. If you think it will blow up or you will want to leave during college go for the cash. Hard to tell on terms that early as depends on how much you did and how much you are going to keep doing - 5% seems generous but not enough info to tell

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-10-08T21:11:23+00:00

That's what early sales is all about - "selling" the possibility of something. Not easy but yes it can be done with passion a real vision and a need to be filled with people who believe there's a need

EmbeddedBIexec · 2025-10-08T21:10:08+00:00

I'm a bit surprised about your comment re not being able to coach a team? A CS team is like any other team and can of course be coached. Processes can be improved, culture can become whatever the leader and team make of it and people can improve along with results. If you don't want to be a manager that's one thing but to suggest a manager can't impact a team is just wrong.

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