Catching Up
It has been a while since i posted here. It seems the new job, college, and family time have conspired to keep me away. I don't say any of these in a bad way, just that we have to choose wisely how we spend our time. I've been on a self betterment kick, the quest for more knowledge.
So where did we leave off when last i waxed eloquently? I had been telling you about the changes over 2016-2017 time period. So, as predicted I have finished my Bachelor's of Science in Technical Management. As of this weekend, I am a newly minted graduate of DeVry University. I've also been accepted to DeVry's Keller School of Management to do my graduate work to earn my Masters of Information Systems in Data Management. This is where things will have to slow down unless I run into some money I wasn't expecting but not just money I want to get in the swing of the classes before I try to take more than one every two months. I was prepared for the Bachelors level classes and two every two months consumed most of my time. Monday, February 26th, 2018 is my first day of class towards this degree. I'm excited and nervous at the same time.
The Job
Is it everything I thought it would be? Yes, and so much more. I definitely have the tiger by the tail. It is my own fault for not staying current on my programming and working more with C# and learning the new architectures like MVC. Also, JavaScript has just exploded. I'm dying to get my hands on ReactJS and a few others but I don't see me doing this anytime soon because i'm trying to knock the rust off of my skills and learn all the new things from the past four years. Honestly, you may as well say I'm starting over. I remember the concepts but so much has changed. Take GitHub, Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Team Services. I would have killed for these when i first was working on my programming degree. I remember making backups on usb drives and trying to remember where each was. These are so helpful and awesome for using either in a team or solo.
Speaking of GitHub
I don't have a lot posted on GitHub, more on Visual Studios Team Services. However, I will place a link to my GitHub below and a few other Social Media Sites where you can check me out.
Social Medial Links
Books I'm Currently Reading
- C# 7.1 and .NET Core 2.0 - Modern Cross-Platform Development - Kindle 22%
- By Mark J. Price
- Clean Code - A handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
- Robert C. Martin
- Getting to Yes - Negotiating an agreement without giving in - Page 8
- By Roger Fisher and William Ury
- Microsoft ADO.NET 4 - Kindle 10%
- By Tim Patrick
- Murach's ADO.NET 4 database programming with C# - Page 18 (Started 2/24/18)
- By Anne Boehm & Ged Mead
- Organizational Behavior
- By Stephen P. Robbins & Timothy A. Judge
- Parallel Programming with Microsoft .NET - Page 18
- By Colin Campbell, Ralph Johnson, Ade Miller, and Stephen Toub
- Pro RESTful APIs - Design, Build and Integrate with REST, JSON, XML and JAX-RS - Page 2
- By Sanjay Patni
Books In the Queue to Read
- Intermediate C# Programming - Kindle
- By Troy Dimes
- JavaScript: The Good Parts - Kindle
- By Douglas Crockford
- Introduction to JavaScript Object Notation - Kindle
- By Lindsay Bassett
- Node.js 8 the Right Way - Practical, Server-Side JavaScript that Scales
- By Jim R. Wilson
- The Power of Habit - Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
- By Charles Duhigg
- Mastering .NET Machine Learning
- By Jamie Dixon
- Learning SQL
- By Alan Beaulieu
- The DevOps Handbook - How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations
- By Gen Kim, Jez Humble, Patric Debois, & John Willis
Books I've Recently Finished
- The Phoenx Project - A Novel About IT, DevOps and Helping Your Business Win
- By: Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
- Ready Player One
- By Ernest Cline
- Project Management - Achieving Competitive Advantage
- By Jeffrey K. Pinto
- A Gift of Fire - Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing Technology
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