After passing my PRINCE2 Foundation exam yesterday, I was very excited about the prospect of getting certified in other areas. As an example, I have several advanced Excel skills (except maybe charts, don’t make me do charts), so it shouldn’t be too much of a challenge to get even an expert level certification in Excel. I’ve Read More
Why We Shouldn’t Fear Exams
As described in an earlier post, I took my PRINCE2 Foundation exam today and passed! I took multiple practice tests and tried out two different courses to prepare myself. I ended up with an achievement of 68%, with a pass being 55% and above. From the practice tests, I was sure I could score in the Read More
PRINCE2 Exam Day!
The day has finally arrived and I am about 70% confident that I am ready to pass the exam. If you asked me if I was ready to achieve top marks, I would certainly say no, I don’t know everything I need to know to get top marks. I strongly believe that I know enough to Read More
The Spreadsheet Guru Lives Up To His Name
As someone who does 95% of his work in Excel, I rely pretty heavily on all the available online resources that demonstrate methods. techniques, formulas and ideas for working with Excel. My career was basically launched on Excel skills and the first two real leaps in terms of job role were based very heavily on those Read More
I Hate Limited Time Deals (But I’m Stuck!)
I’ve finally looked into the PRINCE2 certification exam and not only can I do it online pretty much whenever I want, but it also happens to be on sale for Black Friday/Cyber Monday. This would seem to be extremely fortunate, if not for two things. As with Udemy’s courses and the state of services and retail Read More
Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3…
I’ve barely begun the third part of my PRINCE2 course on Pluralsight and I’m already itching to find out how far I’ve progressed. I’m going to partially blame Barbara Oakley’s Learning How To Learn course for this, as she describes testing as one of the best ways to learn. Unfortunately, Pluralsight doesn’t follow the format of Read More
Refactoring: Why The Bother?
When I was learning JavaScript, a new concept came up that I hadn’t heard of before when I learned HTML, CSS or even VBA. Refactoring. The word alone doesn’t really mean anything to anyone, but mention the word to a software developer or programmer and you’re likely to see at least a glimmer or recognition and Read More
Should Companies Provide More Training?
CFO: What if we invest in training our employees and they leave? CEO: What if we don’t and they stay? I’ve heard this quote many times in various different forms (unfortunately no idea of the original source) and I always enjoyed the insight it gives. It’s interesting how it affects different people in different ways. For Read More
The Beauty Of Sleep
Over the last few days I’ve been neglecting my sleep more than usual. I’ve stayed up late, got up early and pushed my brain harder than before. We’ve been devising plans of action for the next few months and I’ve been brainstorming methods to simplify, automate and break down my reports at work, at home, on Read More
Big And Bad Or Small And Fast?
I like improving and simplifying the reports I work on. When I finally find a solution that will save me time, or automate a repetitive action or simply let the computer do a job for me (even if it takes a little longer), it gives me a nice little boost. There are big files that I Read More