Tag Archive | "career development"

Milestones in My Own Journey: Part 2

May 9, 2011 No comments yet

In my first Milestones in My Own Journey post I talked about how I ended up as a programmer. Now I’m going to talk about how I got out of it. What do you do when you realize you spent a ton of money on a degree but hate your job? Honestly, you freakout first. [...]

Milestones in My Own Journey: Part 1

February 9, 2011 2 comments

If you’ve read my About page I mention that I used to be a programmer and that I switched careers. In a series of posts I’m going to talk about how I ended up as a coder in the first place and how I made the switch from programmer to working in the user experience [...]

The book I wish I’d read BEFORE I started freelancing

October 5, 2009 No comments yet

I recently read My So-Called Freelance Life: How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Professional for Hire by Michelle Goodman based upon the recommendation of a friend. I have to say I thought that after read a bunch of other books about freelancing and doing it for over 5 years I didn’t think I [...]


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"You have achieved success if you have lived well, laughed often and loved much." - Author Unknown

 

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