Career path?

[Mich the Tester]

Also depends on when you're in the mood to study. My concentration levels are highest in the evening to late night. I used to study into the early hours & then go to sleep. I'm not a morning person by any stretch of the imagination and my brain doesn't start firing until much later. As this is the time I spend with the kids when here and then the missus gets upset if I spend all evening studying the only time I get now to learn stuff is on the weekend or nights when I work away.

I find it easier to study in blocks of 20, maximum 30 minutes, early in the morning, just before evening meal and then before bed. It actually seems more productive than spending a couple of hours plugging away at it, and I remember the stuff I've learnt.

[mickey]

1. Not enough grads coming through with the requisite technical skills. 2 reasons (1) a fooked up education system (2) only a small fraction of the population would have the requisite mathematical ability anyway.

2. Years of experience in blue-chips doing everything you can think of from development to PM to senior management.

3. Probably most importantly: excellent comms and presentation skills at board level.

In short I'm a strong techie with credibility and the gift of the gab.
Rare as gold dust we are.

Why do I get the impression that it's the aforementioned gab skills that are to blame for your success?

Care to define success and share some of those success stories? (save the guardian posts).

[MarillionFan]

I find it easier to study in blocks of 20, maximum 30 minutes, early in the morning, just before evening meal and then before bed. It actually seems more productive than spending a couple of hours plugging away at it, and I remember the stuff I've learnt.

I've taken to listening to white noise when I study now. I find it hypnotic and it increases the concentration. If I'm doing something creative though, complete opposite, loud booming music, lots of space, white board, pens & I bounce around the room like a mad professor. I do this a lot in meetings(without the music) when attempting to get people to understand new concepts or when collecting business requirements / solutioning.

[sasguru]

Why do I get the impression that it's the aforementioned gab skills that are to blame for your success?

Care to define success and share some of those success stories? (save the guardian posts).

It seems to me you're stupid and for that reason I'm out.
HTH, BIDI.

[mickey]

Also depends on when you're in the mood to study. My concentration levels are highest in the evening to late night. I used to study into the early hours & then go to sleep. I'm not a morning person by any stretch of the imagination and my brain doesn't start firing until much later. As this is the time I spend with the kids when here and then the missus gets upset if I spend all evening studying the only time I get now to learn stuff is on the weekend or nights when I work away.

Got a couple of pet projects of my own, ranging from JavaScript to optimisation problems. What sort of things do you chaps study or work on?

[Mich the Tester]

Got a couple of pet projects of my own, ranging from JavaScript to optimisation problems. What sort of things do you chaps study or work on?

I started Statistics but it didn't float my boat; have now spent the last 6 months learning about PLCs and Process controls and it's going well; good combination with current gig too.

[MarillionFan]

I started Statistics but it didn't float my boat; have now spent the last 6 months learning about PLCs and Process controls and it's going well; good combination with current gig too.

Statistics was a little odd for me. Constrained Optimisation and Operational Research, now that was a different kettle of fish.

[MyUserName]

Got a couple of pet projects of my own, ranging from JavaScript to optimisation problems. What sort of things do you chaps study or work on?

I write applications which help with my hobbies (a membership application for my sword fighting group) or things which make my wife's job as a teacher easier. If those sources run dry I would join in with some open source development (like the boost libraries or something).

[mickey]

Great projects chaps.
@sasguru: cuks here are more or less used to your insults. No worries.

[Old Greg]

Great projects chaps.
@sasguru: cretins here are more or less used to your insults. No worries.

FTFY