Hi Cameron, Yeah, I'd like to do that. I am less than 2 hours away from Atlanta and that's just a good excuse to ride my bike (like I really need a reason). Ultimately I'd like to move up to management, which is why I am pursuing a BS in IT with a general concentration. I figure if I dabble in this and that for my degree I'd be considered more flexible in where I could go - a jack of all trades, master of none you could say. I know in my previous civilian experience, while I was qualified in every way to move up into a management position, I did not have that magical piece of paper saying that I know how to study and pass tests, so I am fixing that. I don't mind being a worker bee, but since I am going to be restarting a new career soon at 49 years of age (50 by the time I am out of the Army), I need to get to a position where I am making good $$ to invest heavily in a 401K or whatever for retirement.
Bruce. On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > > So, for reasons that I will not get into, it looks like I'll be leaving > > the Army a little sooner than expected What skills should I be working > on? > > > > Bruce- > > It all depends on where you want to go next with your career and for how > long. There appears to be plenty of work, especially government work, that > uses CF and/or PHP, which are both technologies you mentioned being > familiar with. This is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. > Meaning - you are likely to find jobs listed given your existing skill > sets. Particularly if you are able to bring your military experience to > bear, which certain jobs look for. > > If I were to chose a technology to learn entirely outside the scope of what > you know I'd pick something either in mobile (smartphone) apps, or > something like Ruby on Rails. This is personal preference and what I'd aim > for next given your background. > > I know you aren't all that close to Atlanta, but you also aren't all that > far away. If you ever want to have lunch (or beers) sometime shoot me an > email. I'm always happy to talk shop. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364825 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
