Bear Market Analysis – Part 1: Overview and Past Bear Markets
You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don’t understand that’s going to happen, then you’re not ready, you won’t do well in the markets. -Peter Lynch It […]
Weekly Market Analysis for June 17, 2018
As part of my personal fascination with the markets and in an effort to stay up to date with what the markets are doing, I’ve been developing my own market […]
Market Analysis for 2017
Each year I like to do an analysis of different economic indicators to understand the bigger picture of what’s going on in the economy and to help guide my investment […]
Why I enjoy working at Amazon
I recently passed my 2 year work anniversary at Amazon. I’ve been in the Payments Platform organization since October of 2014 and I recently had the opportunity to take a […]
What information a Technical Program Manager (TPM) needs to drive a project through to completion
I’ve recently been challenged by my Amazon manager to increase my capacity to be able to manage more projects at once. I’ve been concurrently managing around 1 large software project […]
How I Passed MCSD Exam 70-485
This past February, I wrote and passed Exam 70-485: Advanced Windows Store App Development Using C#, the 3rd exam of 3 to obtain my Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) certification […]
How I Passed the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) Exam #1
Early this May, I wrote Exam #1 of 3 for the Chartered Market Technician certification from the Market Technicians Association (MTA). I decided to pursue the certification to continue my […]
“The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking” Book Review
“The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking” is one of those books I wish I had read much, much earlier. This easy to read book offers solid, practical advice on how […]
“Personal Kanban” Book Review
During my time learning about “Agile” software development methodologies and personal management (See Getting Results the Agile Way by J.D.Meier), I came across the concept of Kanban and was intrigued […]
How I Passed MCSD Exam 70-484
I recently wrote and passed Exam 70-484 which is the second exam of three to obtain an MCSD certification. You can read about my process of passing Exam 70-483 here, […]
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