My career change story: From layoff lemons to Pink Slip Lemonade – Part I

It’s been nearly a decade, but the image remains vivid. Blue carpet-covered cube farm walls in a 100-year-old converted textile mill building. Logo wear, commemorative paperweights, and other artifacts of more carefree times scattered about. The sound of no work being done as we all hovered around the water cooler with bated breath…  Being on the receiving [...]

Math 101 – Is back to school for you?

You’re right smack in the middle of a pretty successful career, but you’ve discovered that (rats!) it just isn’t what you want after all. You have a powerful urge to do something completely different. Chances are that “something” requires additional training. Ten years ago, I wouldn’t have even paused to do the math. (“Education? It [...]