Maintaining thus far. I currently have a 10 day streak going. I plan to complete this full section next week. I'll then spend the rest of January conditioning by doing strengthening exercises.
The next session is extremely long (106 lessons). I'm guessing that will take at least February and March to complete.
I will learn 2 programming languages in 2015: Java and C.
To do this I will leverage free programming courses through MIT, Coursera, Code Academy, and KhanAcademy.
I will begin with C. I plan to learn this well enough to write simple programs and have enough understanding to carry intelligent high level conversations with developers. My understanding should be sufficient to allow me to take the Cloud Computing specialization through Coursera.
After this I will study Java. I will learn this well enough to complete the Android Apps for Cloud Computing specialization at Coursera.
For one of my personal resolutions this year, I plan to complete Duolingo's German course. I currently have 138 lessons left. My plan is to:
1. Average a lesson every other day.
2. Complete an average of 2 strengthening practices each day.
3. I will supplement this with watching at least 10 minutes of German speaking video per week.
This study concludes what most probably already knew, micro managing is ineffective.
"When employees were pressured to work more, they were less inspired, she found. But when allowed to set their own pace, taking fewer vacations and working on weekends, they could accept it because it was their choice, Michel explained in the summer issue of The Sociological Quarterly, where her study was published."
This article provides an interesting chart of different schools of thought in economics.
Thought this was an interesting article and TED talk on how to develop your likability.
As part of my New Year's plan that I've decided to implement ahead of time (look at me getting all proactive already), I've decided to also use this space to write about my progress in the MBA program I started this month.
The program is through the UW and specializes in Technology Management. It is an executive program, meaning it runs nights and weekends for 18 months. The first quarter, assuming one can call it that, was a week long (8 hours for 7 days) intensive study in Business Ethics, Professional Communications, Negotiations, and Team Building.
The next quarter begins 1/3 with classes in Financial Accounting, Stats, Micro Economics, and Prof Comm again.
