Scott Berkun

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• Sam Gentile - January 27, 2009 at 6:33 am #

• I guess I am the first. I sent an email with my postal address. Thanks!

  
  

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• Chad - January 27, 2009 at 6:55 am #

• That’s a great offer and I’d love to read your book. I’ve been out of work for a while now and with the economy in Michigan even worse than the rest of the nation, I don’t have much optimism for landing anything soon.

  
  

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• Jackie - January 27, 2009 at 8:40 am #

• I was laid off last February. Have been doing contract work since then — last project ended in November. Looking for my next opportunity and would love to have a copy of your book.

  
  

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• Shannon McSwain - January 27, 2009 at 10:52 am #

• Hey Scott,
  I’m a victim of a job lost. Would love to receive your book!

  
  

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• Petunia Alves - January 27, 2009 at 1:14 pm #

• As a Computer Science PhD student finishing my course, I do appreciate the help!

  
  

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• Petunia Alves - January 27, 2009 at 1:15 pm #

• Forgot to say – I had a job offer rescinded after a successful internship due to recent cuts in the company, so hopefully I qualify…

  
  

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• Xanthe Horste - January 27, 2009 at 3:12 pm #

• I just read your interview with Henning Fisch from Adaptive Path. I love this quote:
  “On a super important, mission critical, recession era project, where the margins for error are tighter than ever, it means more iteration (again, a kind of deliberate failure) is even more important to ensure the final designs are high quality.”
  I was so intrigued by your insight on FAILURE as a teacher that I snuck a peak at your blog to see what other pearls of wisdom I could steal…I mean appropriate ;)
  To my wonderful surprise I saw your post Lose your job? Get a free book; hence I sent you an e-mail.
  I would very much appreciate a copy of your book. I have been out-of-work for going on seven months and know I can benefit from Making Things Happen! Thank you for the offer.

  
  

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• Jonathan Kupferman - January 27, 2009 at 5:38 pm #

• (un)fortunately for me, I have not lost my job recently, but that is because I am a graduate student and not out in the work force yet.

  Even still, I think this is a very nice gesture that you are making. Having read your book before (through a work library) I can say that job or no job, it helped me accomplish things much more efficiently than before. With other books I found that the ideas presented were often too high-level and unpractical in many cases. With this one while there are high level ideas (e.g. Be Relentless) which are then expounded on to give you a better idea for what that means and how to apply it. The book also does a good job of covering different perspectives (e.g. business, technical) people have, and how to deal with the inevitable conflicts, which I found very useful.

  Hope you folks enjoy the book and find it useful in getting a new job. Make sure to thank the author when you do :)

  
  

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• Brett - January 27, 2009 at 6:24 pm #

• I was laid off at the beginning of December 2008. Still looking, but also enjoying feeling free. Not sure what to pounce on next! Still offering that book? I’d be interested to read it!

  
  

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• Nathan - January 27, 2009 at 10:21 pm #

• After finishing college, two of my friends and I founded a venture to create a new model for an art space and music venue in NC. Sadly we were forced out of our lease in Aug. and lost seed funding. Limping along for a few months the venture collapsed in the last month. I did learn a great deal from the experience and do not begrudge it’s outcome. I’d love a copy of your book, I’ve got more time on my hands than books in my bookshelves. I just got turned onto your blog from the write up on http://www.designers-who-blog.com

  
  

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• Jobseeker - January 28, 2009 at 4:40 am #

• Thank you for your sharing, i looking forward to hiring new job.

  This article is helpful for me

  
  

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• Rick Ratayczak - January 28, 2009 at 11:33 am #

• I lost my developer position last week. It’s kinda liberating not having to get up an work 8-5 anymore, and it’s also nice to code in your pajamas… On the other hand, gotta look out for where you’re next month’s rent is coming from.

  
  

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• Megan - January 28, 2009 at 1:35 pm #

• Lost my job two weeks ago. Trying to find a new one.

  
  

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• Sarat - February 13, 2009 at 2:54 am #

• It’s really nice scott.. I’ve no hope to get one as I’m a foreigner. (Still I’ve a job… I wonder).

  
  

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• Bruce - November 11, 2009 at 2:04 pm #

• OK. So I’m ten months late in responding to your offer to send a copy of “Making Things Happen.” But I only just learned of your blog from a CNN story about Matt Mullenweg’s favorite blogs and, heck, I like to play the odds that perhaps your generous offer’s quota of the first 20 respondents has not yet been met, given the 14 responses I see (and unknown number of email you received). Since being laid off last September, life has been a series of making things happen (my approach is to try virtually everything that has the least bit of interest to me to see what sticks) but with mixed results. I’ve been an executive producer for a film just shown last month on HBO, a blogger with the sole focus of following a year-long BBC story involving shipping containers, receiving a provisional patent for a method applicable to accelerometers, just starting another very niche blog and, of course, endless job applications) but still nothing seems to stick or, perhaps more importantly, be sustainably profitable outside of the experience I’m gaining. The current climate is not kind to a program manager generalist (you write eloquently about such roles elsewhere on your blog) but perhaps your book might give me some new ideas and I’m all for that. In any event, I expect this request will be a win-win. If I don’t hear back from you, I’ll buy your book in any case since I like what you have to say on your blog.

  
  

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• Yvonne G. - January 23, 2010 at 3:33 pm #

• Thank you for what you are doing. I love what you have to say and how you say it. If only more people could grasp what you say in your books we would be a better nation! I am trying to deal with these times and I would love one of your books to help me get some wind back under my wings. I have had to be strong for a long time and I am starting to get really tired. I need a new outlook, a new avenue to look at/for. Thank you again for all you have provided through your books. Keep up the great work!