Digg wasn’t terribly big on the training front, though they did put me into one course. I was lucky enough to add to my grab bag of “professional development” classes (which have included such weirdness as “Beginning Autocad Usage” and “Real Time Software Development in C”, Media Training. They brought in a former journalist, now wearing a probably much more lucrative hat, to teach us how to best deal with aggressive reporters who sometimes distort the facts. I only really remember one thing, and for some reason it comes to mind today, the day that Digg announced layoffs. “Don’t lie to the press.” Not sure why.

Incidentally I’ve also been on the other side of the podium quite a bit, having taught at the University of Manitoba, along with a few professional development classes of my own, and I did test prep for Kaplan once upon a time (the primary qualification for that last job is, of course, high scores on standardized tests). But I’ll leave my teaching experiences for another post.