Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
There's a principle in the psychological theory/techniques known as Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) – you cannot NOT communicate. That's worth remembering in your career (and indeed, your whole life).
Humans are social animals and are communicating constantly. In your career, of course, communication is important, which is why I wanted to do a separate essay on this.
If you're not sick hearing about Social Media, you're a stronger person than I am. I'm a blatant technophile living in a home with multiple Wii's, X-boxes, DSes, and more computers than actual users. Despite this, *I* am getting a bit tired of hearing about social media.
Of course this isn't going to stop me from talking about it, because taking social media for granted is actually a source of trouble.
Namely, when you get to used to it, you miss making a backup plan. Since Social Media is a big part of our lives and careers and job searches, you'll want one.
With so much rapidly changing technology, its hard to know what websites, programs gizmos, etc. are going to be useful in your career. Everything's happening so rapidly that few of us can keep up with it. I often get the impression all technical innovation could cease for five years and people would still be catching up with ways to use current technology.
This is becoming more and more of an issue in the career arena for we pro-geeks because our careers often rely on advanced technology, if not involve outright working on it. We don't want to miss out on the latest innovation, we want to think for the future and be in on whats next.
The problem is we often only see half the problem.