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I’m  finally starting to see more results of my effort to reach my goal to read 50 books within the next 5 years.   I just finished reading  The Productive Programmer by Neal Ford . This is a great book that has excellent advice on how to become a productive programmer. It has lots of time savings tips and ways to enhance your productivity programming.

My goal is now 6% ( (100% / 50) * 3 Books) completed.   Now I just have to finish the next 47 books and my goal will be achieved.

It’s hard to believe that it’s 2010 already. It seems just like it was 2000 only a few short years ago.  I am sitting here in my parents house anxiously awaiting my return back down south to enjoy the nice mild Florida winter. This year is gonna be awesome. There are so many things I’d like to accomplish personally and professionally  I know that I will continue to grow and become the best programmer I can be and continue to reach my goal of reading 50 books in the next 5 years.

I’m also approaching the 2nd anniversary of starting this blog in March.  I can’t believe I’ve been blogging for almost 2 years now. Time sure does fly when you’re busy.

Have a happy and safe  New Year’s 2010!

Wow, it’s hard to believe that 2009 came and went so quickly. This year I progressed professionally and grew further in my career. I also grew personally as well. In 2009 I made the following accomplishments:

• Manage My Career My Own Way: Don’t ever let others tell you how to manage your career. The only way to reach happiness in you career is to manage it how you deem best. If past experience tells you that something works better than do it that way.
• I Finally Let Go Of The Past: 2009 was hard at first until I finally decided to put my old life behind me. When I lived in Indiana I lived in a counterproductive environment that was difficult for me to grow personally and professionally. Learning to truly enjoy my life was something that I learned to do in the past year.
• Learning To Stay Current: It has always seemed like a challenge to stay current but in 2009 I learned it’s really not as hard as it seems. The secrets to staying current is really as hard as you make it or as easy as you make it be. If you have fun with it and keep doing something either hands on or reading that’s as hard as it is no more no less.
• Past Experience Is Usually Correct: I have been a programmer long enough to know that my past experience on a job usually proves correct. In 2009 a good majority of my assumptions on how to handle various situations has proved correct. I learned that my assumptions are usually correct.

I look forward to 2010 and I’m sure it will be just as good if not a better year than 2009 was.