Friday, March 13, 2009

Back from vacation with a new role


I got back from vacation earlier this week - to watch my only sibling get married... yay Christine :c) - and I've been full throttle trying to get caught up on the goings-on here, getting over my jet lag, and adjusted to my new role. I was asked to spearhead the planning and development effort for the next major version of our application, and Ive spent the last several days feeling my way out around here to determine how much time I'm actually going to be able to spend doing this while continuing to support and maintain the existing system thats already in place.

Ive decided to refocus my time here on education, both professional and personal. While I won't be taking any formal training, I've ordered several books on photography and travel that I fully intend to hit hard and learn as much as possible and put into real-life situations here, even with my limited opportunities. Additionally, I've dusted off some programming reference books that I'm hoping to learn cover-to-cover and absorb as much as possible about the languages I'm using here. Software development, for now at least, is my bread and butter and I don't want to fall behind on things because I'm getting distracted with other things. Hopefully I can maintain my focus and keep on it.

The photo above is a photo I took of the Lincoln Memorial while I was home, and is one of my new favorite photos I've taken. More Iraq photos to come soon :c)

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