Dollars Are Valuable, Time Is Irreplaceable

Today is tax day in the United States, and millions of citizens in this nation are either expecting a return or will be paying their share. Note that I did not say “fair share”, because our tax system is so complicated that probably everyone is getting ripped off in some manner and we still will not have the right amount of funding for the programs that actually benefit us the most. But enough about government

You Can’t Win Them All

This week’s article is not about IT, but about being a professional in general. This Thursday I failed to meet my deadline to post an article to this blog. Instead I was at the office late working in order to complete several projects before another deadline: the end of a manufacturer’s fiscal year. I hate missing deadlines. Absolutely hate it. The problem is that as you move up in responsibility and burden you