Developer Update

I felt it was time to update what I've done in development lately. Sadly, it's not as much as I had hoped. My current plans are to enroll in Western Governor's University and continue my programmer education there, as well as these pet projects on the side. The requirements for enrollment are a little strict, though. I have to have either an Associate's degree already in the area of study or better, or I have to have 3 years experience in that field. I have six months in the area right now, but I worked as a tech liason for about 10 years in my customer service position. I'm hoping that will help.

Here's the unusual part at the moment: I cannot reach the enrollment counselor. We've spoke, been introduced, he was going to read my resume over and discuss options, and we were supposed to get back together on the phone that Friday (two weeks ago). I missed the call due to a meeting at work, but called back an hour later. I've left three voice mails since. I'm hoping he's just out of the office.

Currently at work, I've finally met the development team I've been working with for the past six months in person. We're together for three days this week at a hotel. Great group of people. Since Tuesday, we have been going over the year, things we can do better, things we've done right, and learning new skills. Keep in mind, I'm a software Tester, so much of the detail that's been involved is over my head for now, but the past couple of days have been awesome. I actually got to see the entire group debug and refractor code on a projector screen so I can follow along. Even though I don't understand 100% of what's going on, simply seeing it done, and the developers asking similar questions that I also quietly have in my mind is the most educational and encouraging part of the last few days for me personally.

I'm going to keep this blog relatively short. I'm writing it on my cell phone just before crashing, but I wanted to let others know that, although I'm not where I want to be yet, I am still moving forward.

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Starting the Path

Where did it all begin? To start, I love computers. I always have. The technology in them and around us is intimidating to say the least. There are many things I would do differently and wish could be done differently. So, why not me? I decided to actually try computers more than what I had in the past. I can troubleshoot and setup computers with some basic concepts. I couldn't build one from scratch, but then again, I never tried. I loved computers, but it was my hobby. I was afraid that if I turned my hobby into a career, I would lose my hobby because I wouldn't want to mess with computers outside of work. Eventually, you just have to get past that and try it out. I had been in Customer Service for over a decade. I excelled quickly in that department, but it became very clear after several efforts that I was simply not going to move forward in that department. Though I had advanced most of their technology from the first year I was there, created and wrote several poli

Time Management

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Progress on the Pet Project

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