Yea, I do my own laundry. Mom taught me well especially when she shipped me off to school. I resumed doing it about a year ago. Steph was complaining about the huge pile of laundry and for three people, it…
Category: Employment
I’ll work for free, Part 2
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“You don’t have enough Peoplesoft experience”, “You don’t have any SAS experience”, “Your PHP experience is too light”, “We’re looking for a junior level programmer”, “Your qualifications have been reviewed against the requirements for this opening. At this time we…
I’ll work for free, Part 1
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This is something that I would consider doing if I could find something that I truly enjoy doing. And of course, you’ll have to pay my, and my family’s, expenses. Part of that is driven by the fact that I…
Keep the momentum going
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As I am finding out, a job search can be a 24/7/365 endeavor. That doesn’t mean you’ll be calling on recruiters or answering ads every day and every moment. Networking is extremely important. This weekend, I was fortunate to meet…
How I communicate (NOT in person)…
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NOT in person is right…meaning when I am not in plain live view of you. I had to dig back into my past and I mean WAY back in my past to find that first website and the page that…
How do I work?
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As a report developer/business intelligence expert, I work with raw data that is typically in a database. Whether the database is called SQL Server, Access, Oracle, PROGRESS, Sybase, DB2, etc. is generally irrelevant. The differences between these is like driving…
Branding myself
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When people ask me what I do, I tell them I am a computer programmer. That is a pretty broad profession just like a doctor is as broad as all the specialties there are. Hence, each one of us has…
Sucking it in…
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The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan. -Exodus 16:35 It took the Israelites 40 years after their escape from slavery in Egypt,…
We are who we are…
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Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” -Matthew 19:21 On April 8th, my current contract as a Programmer Analyst…
Off the market!
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I am now off the market. I accepted a six month contract as a report developer/programmer with the PMO of Central Technology at M&T Bank. here is a possibility of it being extended and hopefully, made permanent. For now, one…