Charlie O'Donnell's dashboard

Charlie O'Donnell replied on July 09, 2008 02:16 to the idea "Personality Tools" in Path 101:

Lucy... we'd love to!

The only stumbling block is that the business model of those tests just don't work at internet scale. Those tests are given on a cost per test basis. Sure, some users would pay for them, but most probably wouldn't.

I had the idea that perhaps we could give those test away for free, and then charge companies to search by the results, and split the revenues with the testing companies... we'll see if that works as a potential business development deal.

What I think we could bring to those tests is a whole set of career info. Neither test collects information about what you do for a living, and combining the two sets of data would be really powerful.

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Charlie O'Donnell replied on July 08, 2008 15:11 to the problem "quiz fails partway through" in Path 101:

Should work now!

Charlie O'Donnell replied on July 08, 2008 14:39 to the problem "quiz fails partway through" in Path 101:

We found the bug and will push the changes quite soon... thanks!

Charlie O'Donnell replied on July 08, 2008 13:30 to the problem "quiz fails partway through" in Path 101:

Ken, sorry to make you go through all that! (I was just doing the same... it's quite annoying.) I'll ping you when it's fixed.

Charlie O'Donnell replied on July 08, 2008 13:01 to the problem "quiz fails partway through" in Path 101:

We saw that, thanks! If you hit reload it will put you on the right page and your previous answers will still have been recorded. So, if you want to keep trudging through it everytime Ms. Atwood strikes, keep refreshing when it happens. Obviously, that's pretty annoying, but at least you didn't lose anything. We're working on it right now. Sorry!

Charlie O'Donnell replied on July 05, 2008 14:04 to the idea "Tell me what I'm not cut out for as well as what I am." in Path 101:

We are definitely going to tell you where you're must different from other people, but we also have to be careful. We're trying not to tell people what's good or bad, but just provide the information they need to make their own decision.

Charlie O'Donnell replied on June 30, 2008 19:35 to the question "Computer Hardware/Infrastructure Subindustry Too Broad?" in Path 101:

Well, in a sense, the more crowd data we have, the less categories actually matter.

Because if we know that you're just like people who do ibanking, and we show you that, what does it matter what we categorized ibanking in vs some other job?

With more social data from other people, more of your navigation will depend on people powered relevency and less on our contrived, arbitrary, static categorizations.

Charlie O'Donnell replied on June 30, 2008 18:54 to the question "Computer Hardware/Infrastructure Subindustry Too Broad?" in Path 101:

Dean, I agree. The industries need a rework, and what we're learning is that anytime we encounter someone in the middle of that industry, they'll look at it differently than we do.

We'll have to take a look at this again... its been a little while since I reworked them.

Charlie O'Donnell started a conversation in Path 101 on June 23, 2008 14:55:

What does the user want to be informed about on these career pages?

I think each of these pages needs to work based on the following philosophies:

- Show multiple directions for exploration: Always show links to get more into the job descriptions, the education, other industries... in other words each page should allow "left/right" navigation as well as "up/down".

- People want to know how to get in and where it leads. How can you show entry points and jumping off points in a career.

- Showing more and varied amounts of data on each page, rather than compartmentalizing via tabs increases the chances that something is going to catch the users eye... maybe pages should be more about modules/previews that allow users to "see more".

- Interactivity/engagement: Even though we don't have the tool built yet, we should plan out where a user will be able to add their data and immediately compare themselves to the large pool of data. Also, we need to plan out where links to Quizzes and Advice will go.

- Where might job data fit here and how can it be helpful?

ceonyc started a conversation in Path 101 on June 18, 2008 20:41:

Hi from Path 101.

Hi. My name is Charlie. On behalf of Alex, Jen, and Hilary, thanks for taking the time to help our little company through our Alpha period.

With your help, we can impact a lot of people's lives. We might not be feeding the hungry, but the difference between hating your job and doing something you're passionate about is huge. We're in the business of helping people discover their passions through their careers.