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Re-Education Complete, Now Get Some Experience!

When I got my adjusting license in October and started talking to potential employers it became very clear that I needed ‘real world experience’.     I had gone to a local meeting for adjusters, and everyone was very supportive and congratulatory on the achievement, but they also said I should embrace an opportunity to go work the [...]

Should Your Kids Go Into IT as a Profession?

Twenty Five years ago, when the PC was really just the IBM PC, Apple had their first Mac’s on the market and the IBM typewriter was still common place in the office going into ‘computers’ seemed like a great career move.  If hind site is 20/20, would any of us do it again?

Its a tough question.  [...]

Classroom Frustration for those over 40

Its been  a while since many of us have been in a classroom setting for an extended period of time.   For some it may be over 20+ years!  We are learning a program called Xactimate.  It is a claims estimating tool that is both powerful and complex.  Our knowledge of this software is key to us [...]

Daddy Got to Ride on the Yellow School Bus

My kids are in 5th and 3rd grades so their reality for what school is like is a little different than mine.    Kids love field trips.  Its an opportunity for them to do something different at school, see something new and learn something without knowing they are learning something.  For them the bus ride is a [...]

My Career Change

I’ve been in the delivery of technology based Professional Services for 20 years.  That’s a long time!  Over the course of the 20 years I developed what most consultants do, the crystal ball.  It’s also a curse that I can meet with a client and very quickly know how things are going to proceed.  Who will [...]