I realize that I'm getting obsolete regarding selecting tools, but my gut feel is that I would try to stay away from specialized platforms if it is at all possible. ...

I  believe certification is a very big business and important for newbies as an evidence they are going to do things according to the manual and make it work...

I chuckled at the advice to write my goals down.  I do that all the time.  My desk is cluttered with sticky notes with goals.  So many the 'sticky' dried...

I have four career-successful sons, all 50 years of age or older, and three of which are in IT professions.  Only the fourth one holds a technical certificate and that...

I really do not mean to disparage those of you who have invested the time and effort to become certified.  However, I did most of my candidate interviewing before certifications...

It's good to pass along this information.  This is one of the great advantages of our technical age.

We use a website called Nextdoor.com lots.  If you aren't familiar, it allows...

One rather weird one that I have found now that I am working from home is that every morning when I get up, I go and open all the...

Hang in there, folks.  It is truly worth it when you have earned your freedom.  Keep looking ahead and anticipating your future.

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If someone else wrote the code, it's 'failure'.  If I wrote the code, it's a...

I can relate to this problem.  I have some historical data, probably only about 600 rows, that I have tried at least four times to get structured in a...

I can relate to this problem.  I have some historical data, probably only about 600 rows, that I have tried at least four times to get structured in a table,...

Here is another approach to travel that we have tried in several locations, such as Hawaii, Alaska, and driving across Europe.

In order to get a real feel for the places,...

I hope that is because you are young and creating your career.  One of the benefits of...

skeleton567, what do you use for your home NAS? I use OneDrive, which is great, but I'd like to supplement that with local storage. I used to have an...

Good morning Steve and all of you.  This note today is so true in my own experience.  I guess I didn't realize exactly how much 'data' I had gathered until...

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