Goals for 2015

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Hi All,

It's this time of the year again when we take stock of where we are and what we want to do in the new year...

As for me...

1. Some sort of Project Management cert... Left over from this year
2. Microsoft Certified Educator... Again a left over from this year
3. Maybe new job

What are your goals for next year?

 

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On the job experience will be my focus for 2015 but I would like to attend the BCS Enterprise and Solution Architecture course. I am not sure if I will attend any technical courses yet but I would like to maintain my Vmware studies, but who knows. One day I would like to do my Masters but that's years off I think. Kids are too young and I enjoy my down time too much these days

 

I think I'll finish my MCSE, maybe get some certs for Sonicwall, Storagecraft and VMware.

But I've got 6 novels coming out next year, so I'll keep an eye on them first. Lol.

 

Office 365
Server 2012
SharePoint 2013
Rebuild Life
Drink Beer

 

Okey Dokey, I have a serious answer. And this is a 12 month plan, though I am considering expanding it to 18 months on the cert side. And I'm vocalising it because... well, it's ambitious. But I have a patient partner and a brain that appears to have woken up from some dragon-like slumber, so I'm going to feed it before it goes back to sleep.

Books:
Graces #2 #3 (to complete a trilogy), 4 x Great Bitten short stories, Everfell #1 #2 #3 (to complete a contracted trilogy) Great Bitten #3 #4 #5 (to complete a contracted pentalogy) building in 2 months break. This is around 800K words. I *have* to complete three of these to satisfy publishing contracts, the rest is to keep up momentum. If we push it to 18 months, that includes another 2 short stories, 1 x suspense horror, 1 x slasher horror, and one dystopian-type horror thriller.

Certs:
70-412 | 413 | 414 to complete my MCSE:IS
70-335 and 70-338 for Lync 2013
70-346 | 347 | 341 | 342 for MCSE:Messaging
VCA-Cloud | VCA-NV | VCA-DCV

I've left out a few, but I think, with the foot to the floor, I can get that bunch in 12 - 18 months, then look at the others I have an interest in. I have a plan, and it's as hot as my pants (as Flasheart would say). It may or may not be to rule the world.

To do this, I have the following outlined:

I'm getting a Surface Pro 3. This is to consolidate all my ebooks (on the Kindle) my apps (on my computer) and portability (on my tablet) onto one learning device. That's the excuse I've used, anyway. I already annotate heavily using tools like Evernote and being able to port something around that will allow me to write and learn effectively on the fly will be a great hand.

I write at a rate of 6K words an hour, when I really try. I can dictate up to 8K words an hour. Effectively, I could write a book in a day (and I'm considering doing that as a marketing stunt in 2016) but I need to basically write a book a month. That shouldn't be an issue, for the main point that absolutely all of the books planned for 2015 are *fully* planned, to a fine point, as far as plot is concerned.

Then onto certs.
I have a Safari Books subscription (the new one) and I'm starting to really get some use out of that, especially the new model with the training videos - very handy. Also, heavily leaning through Microsoft Virtual Academy and CBT Nuggets, which I've also subscribed to, to get full access to their library of vids. Yes, the monthly cost is a hit, but it's a short term hit for a long term gain.

I will get the support of my work for the actual exams themselves, and will get a couple of study days per each.
I will probably consider doing some exams on the same day, especially where there might be some overlap in context.

I know that, when I fully set my mind to something, I don't let it go; it always gets achieved. I feel like something in my brain has snapped, and right now, I need to take advantage of that. I had long forgotten what this felt like, and it's such a great place to be in, motivationally.

I hope 2015 finds you all happy and well

 

Good stuff mate - must admit I've not seen much demand for Windows 8 certs as yet.

 

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4 not a snowball in hells chance