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This blog will be similar to other advice and/or anecdotal blogs, but more importantly, this blog is for me to write down my thoughts before I get the Old Timer's Disease. This first post is about me and why I'm probably qualified to write this blog...

My background

  • I earned a Computer Science degree, Philosophy degree, and an MBA.
  • I have over 10 years of work experience in Technology roles across a couple large companies.
  • I've bought 2 homes, I've sold a home and I've filed my own taxes since I was 15.
  • I'm a Millennial, I'm a dog owner, I'm a sports fan, and I'm getting married in 2019.
  • I enjoy board games, Quizzo, television and movies.
  • I try to steer clear of politics, but if there's a bozo in office saying we need to arm teachers to solve problems - I might have an opinion.

One in 440 Million

I did a Google search on the number of blogs - over 440 million, so I understand if this blog isn't going to attract the amount of foot traffic that others will receive. Not my intent.

As stated earlier, I'm trying to put my thoughts to "paper" and if others find it interesting, great. If not, that's fine too.

Disclaimer?

And last but not least, I want to address something about blogs that have annoyed me. The ubiquitous "disclaimer on opinions":

Currently, I work at Comcast and before that, McDonald's and Vanguard. I studied at the University of Pittsburgh and University of North Carolina. My blogs have no written consent from these institutions, but I am an alumni from all of them, so my opinions are influenced by them.

 I hope my experiences help you, my next blog post will be on Internal Job Postings.
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