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  • August 24, 2018: Friday News Roundup

    Happy Friday to all Lots of stuff to read today, including robots doing robot things and some human things, too Plus, the grief of a job change and advice for what to put in your OOO message Why You Should Take Time to Mourn During Career Transitions This article tells us, “Grief is common when you leave a job...

  • August 17, 2018: Friday News Roundup

    Welcome to the weekend, all you hard workers Thanks for taking a moment to catch up on the news with us before you log off This Spaghetti-Breaking Problem Stumped Physicist Richard Feynman Two MIT Students Have Now Solved It Why do dry spaghetti noodles splinter into multiple pieces when you try to break them in...

  • Meet Udemy’s 2018 Interns

    Written by summer intern Jen Neary Ahh, time sure does fly when you’re having fun This summer, 12 students and recent graduates (myself included) were fortunate enough to intern at Udemy here in San Francisco Although the internship came and went in the blink of an eye, we formed connections that will last well...

  • The Most Important Skill For 21st-Century Success

    What new skills have you had to pick up so far in your career What will you need to master next in order to reach your goals How about in a year or five years from now Those may be hard questions to answer The world of work is changing so rapidly, as emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, machine...

  • August 3, 2018: Friday News Roundup

    Happy Friday, everyone! We’re hoping all the Udemy LIVE attendees from last weekend have made it home safely and are busily applying what they learned We learned a lot too! Today’s roundup might teach you a thing or two as well 4 Billion New Minds Online: The Coming Era of Connectivity Just stop a minute to...

  • A Udemy LIVE Full of Udemy LOVE

    Summer intern Jen Neary wrote this Udemy LIVE recap for us Thanks, Jen! This past weekend was our third annual Udemy LIVE here in San Francisco, but it was my very first! Along with the rest of the company, I have been eagerly awaiting this weekend, and, let me tell you, it did not disappoint With over 200...

  • July 27, 2018: Friday News Roundup

    Welcome to the third annual Udemy LIVE weekend! A bunch of instructors were already on site yesterday, and final preparations are happening right this very minute Things kick off for real tonight, and we couldn’t be more excited to spend in-person quality time with our instructor community again this year Follow...

  • July 20, 2018: Friday News Roundup

    What did you learn this week, roundup readers Or maybe you shared your expertise to teach someone else Either way, good for you—you deserve a weekend A 4-Day Workweek A Test Run Shows a Surprising Result If you’re lucky enough to live in New Zealand, maybe the weekend arrived yesterday for you! A firm in...

  • July 13, 2018: Friday News Roundup

    Big weekend for World Cup soccer May the best team win! In the meantime, check out the roundup We start with how “pseudo-AI” is being used today and wrap it up with how people in the last century imagined science and electronics of the future The Rise Of 'Pseudo-AI': How Tech Firms Quietly Use Humans To Do...

  • July 6, 2018: Friday News Roundup

    It’s the first news roundup of July, and we are feeling the heat! We’ve got a long read about the inventor of the internet, a tennis champ's relaxation secret, and a few words about imprecise words Plus, happy Aphelion Day! “I Was Devastated”: Tim Berners-lee, The Man Who Created The World Wide Web, Has...

  • June 29, 2018: Friday News Roundup

    Another Friday has rolled around, so it’s gotta be roundup time Check out today’s stories about transitioning successfully after a promotion, showing your true feelings at work, robots working the grill, and more Algeria’s Answer to Cheating on School Exams: Turn Off the Internet To be clear, the internet...

  • Enough With The Millennial Bashing

    If you are like me, you’ve come across countless articles attempting to demystify the millennial generation for their workplace colleagues Maybe you have formed certain perceptions of who these people are and what makes them tick Or maybe you can’t figure them out at all Either way, the odds are good that...