Three years ago I longed for more time with my son, so I started working part time as I described here. Three years later I have two kids in daycare for the same 50 hours a week that made me so depressed back then, and it mostly doesn't bother me. And that bothers me. When … Continue reading Mommy’s Day of Selfishness
Listing Beyond Forty
In a week focused on my evolving career goals I can't ignore how having children has changed my professional life. Below is something I wrote 3 years ago on a long since neglected and no longer public personal blog. At the time I only had one child. When I wrote this he was 5 months … Continue reading Mommy Track Flashback
Of all the things I wanted to be when I grew up, the aspiration that was strongest from elementary school to high school was the desire to be a teacher. I even collected recipes with inexpensive ingredients figuring I would need them since teachers don't make much money. My love of reading and writing meant … Continue reading Judd Nelson Made Me a Business Major
As a child I did not aspire to be an IT project manager, yet that is what I am. Below are 40 other things I've wanted to be in my lifetime. Many are childhood dreams long outgrown. A few are more recent aspirations. A lot of these careers were fleeting daydreams, but other thoughts have persisted for … Continue reading List 6: What I Want(ed) to Be When I Grow Up
Although my list of 40 information security tips may seem long, there were many things that had to be left out, so to close out my security-themed week here are some additional tips for Twitter and Facebook. In my original list I addressed not clicking on links in suspicious email. The same goes for direct … Continue reading Combatting Twitter Spam and Facebook Leaks
Kim Z. Dale 