My last post oulined my next goal within the next 6 months. And that was 6 months ago ( well, sort of). Not it’s time to look back and do a check up.

Did I get the CAPM credentials? No. Total failure. I did accomplish some goals on the personal level, but this one that I set for my career path wasn’t done. Heck, I haven’t even finish the book!. I’m about 20% done with it, and at this pace I’ll finish it in 2 months.

I guess I’ll have to take some time off and use it exclusively to study. Anybody with a good study group?
One of my strategies is to force myself to do things is by paying something towards it. Like a gym mebership, wich I used for about a year regulary. So, I guess I’ll have to pay for a 1 month course CAPM cert preparation. Any other ideas?

One of the first things I want to improve is in Project Management.
Being in the tech field for almost 10 years I’ve seen many projects being sunk by bad “PM’ing”. Also many of them saved from disaster because of PM. PM as I see it goes beyond the administrative part of the projects that I was lead to believe in college. I see it now as a discipline that involves many skills, ranging from personal skills such as organization, negotiation, empathy, adaptation, to technical skills such as monitoring, planning, delivering, etc.
As a first step to improve myself on this area, I’ve decided to get involved with the organization recognized as the worldwide authority in Project Management: The PMI.
I’ve just got the membership and will be pursuing the CAPM® credentials as my first objective for the next 6 months.

(Me 2.0 was already taken when I thought about it!)
Today, in my 31st birthday, I decided to start again on the things I’ve left aside. Change is always good. Painful most of the times, but good at the end. Specially when that change involves better things. So first things first, I’m gonna state 3 main goals: 1 year, 5 years and 10 years. Then I’ll draw objectives for each one in order to measure progress. Finally, biweekly or monthly review will take place.
Stay tuned, good things are on the way!

For the first time I’ll be attending one of Microsoft’s biggest event, PDC2008.

I’ll be in LA from monday to thursday trying to get a grip of the newest MS gossip Microsoft Strata.

There hasn’t been any fear as spread as speaking in public. I remember my days in college struggling with simple presentations to get a good score in a course. But in real life, there are no such things a simple presentations. Wether is a job interview or an investors meeting, everyone is involved several times in one kind of presentation.

In the last years there has been some key presentations that have changed, and amazed, the world of technology. And Steve Jobs has been present in many of them, from the Mac redesign, the iPhone, and the latest MacBook Air. He is simply a master of presentations, and here is a very interesing article about simple elements he use to amaze the masses and deliver a great presentation:

Deliver a Presentation like Steve Jobs