I don’t know about you, but I’ve encountered many things that I thought would be easy turn out to be difficult. Like recommitting to working out or starting my daily writing habit. Today, I realized just how hard it can be not to work. To set the stage,…
I have been trying to use my time without a day job as wisely as I can. There is the job searching and resume posting that I have been doing. Those two tasks are no small feat. I have also been honing my skills as a writer, as evident by…
Switching from corporate work to freelancing seems like a great idea. It would give me the freedom to work only when I want, taking only jobs I want to do. As good as it sounds, there are some complications I’m running into trying to break into the freelancing world.…
Today I decided to dive into the world of the Data Engineer and learn about what they do. I am calling myself a Data Engineer due to my extensive background of doing lots of ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) work using SQL throughout my career in Data Management. The title…
We all know that the age of Artificial Intelligence is upon us. I have even written about some of my reservations about AI. And while I have much more to say about AI, today I'm going to talk about one place AI needs to be eliminated - job…
After nearly 7 months unemployed, I have finally gotten a couple of places to show interest. I have 2 phone interviews this week, and I'm nervous. It has been ages since I did any interviews, aside from the 2 AI interviews I had last month. The butterflies are…
By now, it should be evident that I love writing. It should also be clear that I have many different interests. As much as I love writing about my varied interests, it's time to start focusing my writing on topics I can monetize. Fear not, I will continue…
It has been 7 months since my company laid me off. As the days drag on, I have been trying hard to determine what's next. I knew when this journey began, it would not be easy, but I thought I would have something in place by now. Not…