Well I didn’t manage to get in on the newly Christened holiday proper, but I have finally gotten around to participating in Jeff Blankenburg’s Contribupendence Day initiative, the gist of which was to log in to your professional networking website of choice and give 5 or more recommendations to folks who deserved them.

I’ve only gotten three in so far, but I feel as though I’m in a difficult position. I’m a year out of school, and most of the folks I’d like to recommend are senior to me, are or folks who have given guidance or perspective without directly working with me on a project, and it’s that “we worked together” sort of recommendation that the networking sites are built to assume, and probably with good reason. I’ve still a couple of guys who I worked with a while back who deserve being recommended, I just need to come up with novel and work-appropriate ways to say, “he’s really good at getting beer and wings,” which, as we all know, is as valuable a workplace skill as any.