Hey folks, been a bit since I last scripted something. I'll be the first to admit I have been caught up in my own little recruiting world as things have gotten really busy....yes, recruiting, interviewing and hiring!
That being said, I still make time for riding (pedal power)! Those of you that don't know me, I'm big time commuter, bike racer and triathlete. The bike is my zen place. Makes me want to leave work early on sunny day, makes me smile when I fly by car traffic that is standing still on my way to work, and I like showing off my calves (no really).
But this week, a friend and Job Mob co-founder (http://www.thejobmob.com/recruiting/index.html#1) Josiah Johson drop me an email to let me know a buddy hooked him up with his old Cervelo (new or used those bikes are awesome) and he asked if I wanted to ride after work.
The weather here in Seattle started off slow, but based on the 5 day forecast, was going to start looking good Thursday through Sunday. So we decided to sync up on Thursday. Turned out today was good day. I met Josiah at the Job Mob HQ on Eastlake, checked out the space and we started talking shop as we were heading out the door.
This was just a friendly, let's get out in the sun shoot the breeze type of ride. We talked about how things have been going for the Job Mob and how the yare starting to see things turn in the economy and about successes and speedbumps thus far. Overall, business is good.
Then we start talking about recruiting and Josiah is like, Biking is the golf, and I'm like what?! Now I consider myself a very strong networker and well connected, but it kind of caught me off guard to hear someone say, not verbatim, but that biking was the new business sport.
I have always said that I need to learn how to golf so I can leverage that as a tool since it seems to be "the business man's sport." But Josiah proceeded to tell me about some of the technology folks he has met riding and the networking he has been doing while on the bike.
Now I have met my fair share of people via biking, have done a bit of networking and even hired from it. But I still hadn't thought of it as the new business man's sport. Now I really do.
And I'm glad that I won't have to pick up the clubs anytime soon, biking is pricey enough.
Good biking with you today Josiah. Best of luck to you and the crew at The Job Mob and I'll look forward to riding again soon.
For those of you that don't know, The Job Mob is a boutique recruiting firm working with technology professionals. Whether you are looking for a new adventure or not, this crew is good to have in your network. Never hurts to part of "the family."
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I think that the people who I work with are a bit behind the curve as they all still mention going golfing rather than riding bicycles. In a telephone conversation with our CFO yesterday we talked about my next visit to the office (next week) and he said that we should go play golf. He then went on to lament about how there is not much to do this time of year in Incline Village except gamble, drink, and ride bikes. He knows that I ride bikes and we talk about it when I am in the office so it seems strange that he would say that we should go play golf when golf isn't even near the top of his list of things to do and cycling is!
Your blog post combined with my telephone conversation demonstrates the divide between business and pleasure. What causes the divide where some people consider golf over cycling to be the thing that business people do? Is it that cycling is difficult to do with scotch and cigars? Maybe the physical rigor of riding bicycles is more than many people want to put into building a business relationship? Maybe it's a regional thing (Seattle is better for cycling than the great hills surrounding Incline Village (there are definitely many more cyclists out an any given day here than I.V. and more cycling teams than I have seen anywhere)).
I think that once the reasoning for the divide can be better determined we could build the bridge across it. It seems as though you and Josiah may be placing the girders for the bridge that we will all soon roll across.
Hey Brian. Just read this after our conversation today and laughed. Josiah is a good buddy of mine too and I was recently picking his brain on cycling. Thinking of getting into it. It would be a big transition for me from DH and Freeride but thought it would be great for those days after work when you just don't want to get muddy.
Cheers,
jk
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