Career Advice

  • About a year ago, I got an email from author Jane Bedell asking about inclusion of my career tips for developers in her upcoming book published by Simon & Schuster titled “So, You Want to Be a Coder? The Ultimate Guide to a Career in Programming, Video Game Creation, Robotics, and More!” Got a complimentary…

  • One of the amazing takeaways I’ve had from my experience in the Oklahoma chapter Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is a saying I’ve heard often: Carry Your Own Bags The idea is … what you get out of the experience is what you make of it. Your experience, happiness and fulfillment is your responsibility. Period. It’s particularly…

  • Just added a new book to my All-Time, Ultimate Reading List titled The 6 Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden. I wish I had started reading this book when I was a teenager, and read it every year afterward. Foundational, impactful, truth for health and happiness. “To trust one’s mind and to know that one…

  • Just wrote this post for WProsper about how I don’t usually take time to look back at what I’ve accomplished, but did today and how good it was for my soul. Take 15 Minutes to Look Back    

  • Been thinking over the last week about guilt and its presence and impact in my life … and in those who I care about, so I wrote a length post on the iThemes blog about How to Deal with Guilt. Here’s an excerpt of how I determine if something is baseless, useless guilt, or actual…