I’m happy to have contributed to this article by Coding Sans writer, Gabor Zold. There are some great tips and resources for keeping up with tech trends in Gabor’s article.
Keeping Up With Tech Trends
Category: Career Development
Maybe You Need a Coach
(Photo: Paul Cecala presenting at the PMINJ Career Fair on October 18, 2019) Maybe You Need a Coach Are you feeling stuck in your career? Have you lost a sense of direction? Have circumstances changed in your job and you don’t know what to do now? Well, maybe you need a coach. Let me tell you …
I am a PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
(Mike Griffiths’ book is an excellent study guide for the PMI-ACP exam.) PMI Agile Certified Practitioner I passed the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) exam yesterday. This is PMI’s fastest growing certification. It’s value is becoming more significant as the trend toward Agile in many companies continues. (Click the image above to see details on …
Goals: Where I Am Headed in 2019
Where I Am Headed in 2019 Where am I headed in 2019? I had a pretty bang-up year in 2018: scrum master certification; lots of challenging development work in JavaScript and C#; many books read; new connections made; multiple hours of leadership training; and I started this website. But that was last year. This is …
The Final Thing on My 2018 To-Do List
The Final Thing on My 2018 To-Do List The final thing on my 2018 to-do list that needs to be completed is finishing Caitlin Walker’s book, “From Contempt to Curiosity.” I have a few chapters left. It’s been highly thought provoking to this point. Clean Language One big take-away for me is the realization that …
A Journey of a Thousand Miles
A Journey of a Thousand Miles For quite some time I’ve thought about adding a blog to this website. I’ve had the domain for a number of years and have intended for it to contain meaningful content, as opposed to merely facilitating my email address at my-own-name-dot-com. All the networking/career-building advice I’ve read has concurred …