It is amazing how any discussion of breaking into IT or advancing your career comes back to the overarching question of “What are you doing at home?” But this point can’t be overstated. This applies to nearly all fields (doctors, teachers, lawyers, police, firefighters, etc. are obvious exceptions) but none as obviously as IT – …
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February 4, 2011: Working an 18 Hour Day
I had to get up at seven this morning, even though I didn’t get to go to bed until two in the morning last night, so that I could support the non-farm payroll numbers being released. Getting up with so little sleep gave me a decent headache that lasted most of the day. I got …
February 3, 2011: The World Remains Frozen
The DFW remains stuck in ice and snow. There is nothing happening here. Nothing at all. The office is closed again today. That’s three days in a row. Boy do I wish that my new office was done so that I could work in there. This would have been the best week ever to have …
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February 2, 2011: Slow Progress
Another super cold day today. I can’t believe that we are in Texas. This is quite a bit colder than I have seen it here and definitely colder than I imagined that it would get. It is so bizarre that Texas, the home of heat, gets so dramatically colder than central California or Florida. We …
February 1, 2011: Cold Cold Cold
Wow is it cold this morning. The house was fifty two degrees this morning when we woke up. It could have been worse. Sitting in the living room you can feel the icy air moving through the house as there is so little insulation that the air literally moves through the house from the wind …