News Item: : On sabbatical
(Category: New releases)
Posted by dglenn
Thursday 15 November 2007 - 07:46:20
I am going on sabbatical, and not taking any new contracts until I have finished obtaining a degree in Infomatics from USC, then completing a Masters in Business from Clemson or USC (University of South Carolina). With the proliferation of younger people coming in the IT profession and outsourcing it has been driving down salaries and requiring higher education levels in order to advance.
Since I have a good 20 years or so until retirement and my last child has left the house it is a good opportunity to take some time off, take a breather and return back to the academic environment. Although my skills are sharp for packaging and desktop deployment technologies, it is not one that is in great demand locally. In fact there is no local demand at my pay scale and it has kept me on the road contracting for several years. I would like to be able to work locally and therefor I need to obtain the academic credentials that local businesses will be looking for and need. Today people insist on a degree over experience and my lack of a formal degree has turned into too great of impediment for me to sustain my earning levels as I move from job to job. It's also going to give me time to focus on my weak areas and broaden my skills beyond mere technical expertise.
Last of all, the opportunity exists and I am taking full advantage of it. Since I will not be spending my evenings "chasing skirts" or boozing it up, I am able to take more than a full load and keep my grades up so I can finish my pursuit of these degrees in about three years time frame. Just about the time my wife expects her job to be outsourced and need me to return to the work force. Then we both can look geographically at where we want to live and where we would want to work that would provide us with the best opportunity for personal and professional satisfaction.
I will still be available to answer questions and provide support for my existing utilities and I still intend on updating my existing programs for Vista as announced earlier this year. In fact now I will not only have more time to devote to it, but will also take some formal training in programming. This should ultimately provide a better port of some of the utilities in their conversion from Wisescript to C#, C or Python.
I have enjoyed my interaction with everyone through this site and will continue to write write papers on packaging and other technologies as time permits for those of you who have an interest.
Thank you for stopping by and keep in touch!
Doug
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(Category: New releases)
Posted by dglenn
Thursday 15 November 2007 - 07:46:20
I am going on sabbatical, and not taking any new contracts until I have finished obtaining a degree in Infomatics from USC, then completing a Masters in Business from Clemson or USC (University of South Carolina). With the proliferation of younger people coming in the IT profession and outsourcing it has been driving down salaries and requiring higher education levels in order to advance.
Since I have a good 20 years or so until retirement and my last child has left the house it is a good opportunity to take some time off, take a breather and return back to the academic environment. Although my skills are sharp for packaging and desktop deployment technologies, it is not one that is in great demand locally. In fact there is no local demand at my pay scale and it has kept me on the road contracting for several years. I would like to be able to work locally and therefor I need to obtain the academic credentials that local businesses will be looking for and need. Today people insist on a degree over experience and my lack of a formal degree has turned into too great of impediment for me to sustain my earning levels as I move from job to job. It's also going to give me time to focus on my weak areas and broaden my skills beyond mere technical expertise.
Last of all, the opportunity exists and I am taking full advantage of it. Since I will not be spending my evenings "chasing skirts" or boozing it up, I am able to take more than a full load and keep my grades up so I can finish my pursuit of these degrees in about three years time frame. Just about the time my wife expects her job to be outsourced and need me to return to the work force. Then we both can look geographically at where we want to live and where we would want to work that would provide us with the best opportunity for personal and professional satisfaction.
I will still be available to answer questions and provide support for my existing utilities and I still intend on updating my existing programs for Vista as announced earlier this year. In fact now I will not only have more time to devote to it, but will also take some formal training in programming. This should ultimately provide a better port of some of the utilities in their conversion from Wisescript to C#, C or Python.
I have enjoyed my interaction with everyone through this site and will continue to write write papers on packaging and other technologies as time permits for those of you who have an interest.
Thank you for stopping by and keep in touch!
Doug
This news item is from FORUM Information Systems, LLC
( http://foruminfosystems.com/news.php?extend.31 )