Today’s quote comes from Blaise Pascal: “If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order to make ourselves happy.” I was up and moving before five thirty this morning. Today is a busy day with me covering the early shift at work and putting in more than a half …
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Do IT: Breaking In – College and University
Academic experience is the most common way of entering most professions. In Information Technology it likely remains so although it is probably the lowest ratio of such of any technical profession. Collegiate level IT studies suffer from a number of factors that together create a unique situation for the IT industry. The key factors include …
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April 18, 2007
I woke up on my own at half past four this morning. Apparently my body has adjusted to the early shift. I forgot that this coming weekend is a big work weekend. I have to go into the office early on Saturday and work all day. It could be as much as sixteen hours. At …
Do IT: Breaking In – College and University – Degree Programs
In most fields the most simple and obvious means of breaking into the industry is through higher education. In many fields a degree from an accredited college or university is not just required from a practical sense (automotive mechanical engineers will get nowhere without a baccalaureate or higher degree in mechanical engineering) but require it …
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April 17, 2007: Tax Day
I got home yesterday and talked to the BMW body shop. The BMW is finally done but they don’t have the invoice ready for us yet so it is going to be another day before we can pick up the car. 🙁 Dominica and I made plans to get it tomorrow. It is no simple …