#professional development

Articulate, confident communication

Crafting effective, compelling pitches

Operating and communicating through a solution-oriented framework

Research of all types (Google, market research, studies, polls, interpersonal conversations, etc.)

Learning how to streamline, edit, and organize information in a clear and logical way

Accumulating high-level working knowledge/proficiency in all tools and programs directly related to your type of work/industry

Budgeting and financial optimization (investment, tax benefits, etc.)

Reading and interpreting legal contracts/documents

Setting rates, boundaries, and learning when/how to delegate

Good posture, direct eye contact, and a firm handshake

Building streamlined systems for onboarding, different repeat project scopes/workflows, and KPI measuring

The art of following up, listening to (potential) clients' needs, asking thoughtful questions, and benefit-oriented salesmanship

Consistently reading, learning, and studying current events/cultural platforms/industry and field-related knowledge

How to spot customer/client/business partner red flags

“But, over these next eight hours, you will be broken down to the level of infants, then rebuilt as functional members of society, then broken down again, then lunch, then, if there's time, rebuilt once more.”

These days, I code mostly in Java and C++. But today I am learning a new programming language.

New to me, anyway. Apparently Scala has been around since 2004.

My learning technique might be described as "the immersion method". I start with a runnable "Hello World" application and a goal. I make incremental changes in the direction of my goal, referring to online documentation each time I get stuck.

I've used tons of programming languages in my time. Circa 1989, my resume listed 16 programming languages, including the assembly languages of 7 different CPUs. Back then, I did most of my work in C. I'd never heard of C++, and Java hadn't been invented.

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